Projects for Me

Sometimes, I get so wrapped up in making stuff for others that I forget to make stuff for me. (Like wool socks for winter) Then, there are times when I take the time to finish some projects that I’d started but set aside for whatever reason. I started the gray...

Reverse Engineering Murphy McManus’s Sweater

If you’ve seen Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, you’ve seen the sweater Murphy McManus (Norman Reedus) wears during the opening scene. (I don’t have permission to post those, so I’m not going to.) I was asked if I could find the sweater...
Wicked Witch House Socks

Wicked Witch House Socks

The pattern is available at Ravelry.com (or, this is a direct link). I asked a few people which version to attempt to try, because there were a couple of different things I didn’t know how to do to make these. General votes chose the pointed toe. Ok. Let’s...

It’s been a bit busy

I haven’t had a lot of time to post up all of the stuff I’ve been working on or making. I can give you some photos to look at of some of the items. In no particular order: As I said, it’s been a bit busy around here. More to...

Christmas time production spree

Pre-Christmas was especially busy for me this year. Not only did I make most of my gifts, I had to have them all done well before December 23rd. There were a couple that had an early-November deadline as well. The early November deadline was for a gift exchange for...

Christmas socks for me

With all the things I’d been making to give away, I thought it’d be fun to make my own Christmas socks.  Nothing more complicated than your basic, plain sock pattern. The work would be done by the yarn. Seemed like a good idea at the time. I started out...