In these 2 blog posts I’ll go into a little bit of detail about each item I constructed for my niece’s Splendiferous Harry Potter Christmas Present. So without further ado… Trunk I found this decorative trunk at a crafting/ decor store and decided to add a lining. I used 4-5 square sheets of scrapbooking paper …
Let me spin you a yarn….
The Splendiferous Harry Potter Christmas! (Part 2: The Video Tour)
Welcome witches, wizards, house elves and goblins! to this, my first ever attempt at a video blog! Congratulations, you are about to watch me be awkward and ridiculous 🙂 My niece’s Christmas present is now done and I wanted to take you on a quick tour through its various parts so that you can shake your …
“Operation: Warm Heads”
A while back my local yarn shop mentioned that they would be a drop off point for a local charity called Operation Warm Heads. It’s a Little Rock, AR based organization that provides warm hats for children in the area who don’t have one. They encourage volunteers to knit or crochet a hat and decorate …
The most amiable writer of my acquaintance…. Jane Austen in ink and yarn
I am an avowed Jane-ite. I have read all 6 of her finished novels, her unfinished novel “Sanditon”, as well as a collection of her short stories. I’ve seen movie versions of all of her novels, even a Bollywood version of Pride and Prejudice 🙂 I have a Saint Jane candle in my bedroom and …
The Splendiferous Harry Potter Christmas! (Part 1: The Idea!)
Harry Potter lives in my blood, as surely as Lily Potter’s protection from Lord Voldemort lives in Harry’s. (That’s right, that’s the level of geek you’re about to wade into…. PREPARE THYSELF!!) From the first paragraph I read in the dim, dark past of college I have loved this world. Â J.K. Rowling is my favorite …
And thus…. the Purlocene begins! (Beginning: Pt. 5)
Armed with my first pattern design ever, I started knitting in November of 2016. I wanted to finish by spring so that once I posted the pattern to Ravelry, anyone who wanted to try the pattern themselves would have time to finish it before the next winter (yep knitters got to think waaaaay ahead!) And …
An idea pokes its head out of the shadows and sniffs the air tentatively….  (Beginnings: Pt. 4)
After giving away 2 scarves, totaling 156,400 stitches and 9+ months of work, and finishing the Mantle of Fierce Majesty, I decided it was time, finally, to make a scarf for myself. To invest that much time, however, I knew it needed to be something I truly loved. And though many fandoms could claim that …
The foundation is laid… Geek Level- Supreme Master: Achieved ! (Beginnings: Pt. 3)
With double knitting under my belt, but the squares not yet all done, I embarked on a journey with Bilbo Baggins by knitting “There and Back Again”, a GORGEOUS pattern by Frivolite Handcrafts on Ravelry. It follows the story of the Hobbit by JRR Tolkien. My mom was a huge Tolkein fan as well …
For the road is winding and full of fierce majesty… (Beginnings: Pt. 2)
I tied the knot and moved half-way across the country to Nebraska and thanks to my amazing new group of knitting friends at the Wooly Mammoth, I stayed excited and supported as I tried new things. Brief Emotional Interlude: Knitting groups have become crucial to my social well-being whenever I move to a new city. …
A Knitter’s Sojourn to “Always…” (Beginnings: Pt. 1)
Oh, the miles and miles of yarn I’ve consumed, from my very first stitch, to “Always… a scarf of witchcraft and wizardry” (my first published pattern, a double-knit scarf following the story of Harry Potter from the Sorcerer’s Stone to the Deathly Hallows)! My immense pride in my scarf comes not just from the overwhelming …