Monthly Archives: December 2009

Pennants Fly at the BiblioBall.

By Jessica | Published: December 17, 2009
Last Friday was the Desk Set’s BiblioBall, and in my role as a crafty volunteer I created a string of nearly one hundred snowy white pennants to hang from the rafters at The Bell House.  You can see them here, alongside lovely trapeze artist Jean Loscalzo (who is also hanging from the rafters): What you can’t [...]
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Seams Inspired.

By Jessica | Published: December 9, 2009
Sometimes when making something (sewing, knitting, whatever) I’m content just following along with the pattern and doing as told.  But more often, I want to fiddle with things, make stuff from scratch, or tackle a new skill along the way.  A new book has just come out—Cal Patch’s Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified—and Liesl’s excellent review [...]
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This Is Your Brain on Yarn.

By Jessica | Published: December 2, 2009
I’ve tried knitting lace before, and I’ve had modest successes with small repeats and with patterns of just a few rows.  But after admiring the intricate and elegant sweater patterns in French Girl Knits and deciding to try my hand at one, I knew that I was in for a challenge.  And I’m here to [...]
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