Two crochet projects

Written by candra on November 19th, 2015.

I finished two projects this week: a pair of fingeress gloves for my mom and a crochet ball made of granny squares and triangles.

My mom asked me to make her some fingerless gloves to keep her hands warm while she does her handcrafting. I broke my #CreateNovember rules for the gloves by buying the yarn and the pattern, but my mom is worth it. I didn’t put the band on the pattern, mostly because when I made them, I found that I liked the gloves without the band. The pattern worked up quickly, and they’re pretty and warm. I’ll end up making some for myself sooner or later.

Today’s secret phrase is “origami crane”

Written by candra on November 13th, 2015.

I went to a bookstore today to pick up Shonda Rhimes’ new book, Year of Yes. While I was in the store, I saw an origami kit for sale that embraced the adult coloring book trend. The intent was for people to color the origami paper, then fold the paper into models. I’m not personally […]

One third down…

Written by candra on November 11th, 2015.

It’s been a while since my last post, but I’m still trucking on the doing something creative every day front. I’ve mostly been crocheting, though I have done some prep work on some other projects. I’ve made a lot of progress on the afghan for my living room including adding a burgundy to the color […]

Tuesday Plarn

Written by candra on November 3rd, 2015.

I’ve been noticing lately that I’ve acquired a lot of Barnes & Noble plastic bags. I don’t like throwing them away for two reasons: 1) it’s bad for the environment to throw plastic bags away. 2) Barnes & Noble bags are very sturdy, and I like to use them for other things. I decided to […]

Yellow & Grey Make Blanket

Written by candra on November 2nd, 2015November 2nd, 2015.

When I started thinking about doing #CreateNovember again, I made a list of possible projects to work on. The idea was to be more focused than I was last year, so I didn’t spend so much time trying to decide what to do to the point of being distracted from actually doing anything. I like […]

Don’t Call It a Comeback

Written by candra on November 1st, 2015November 1st, 2015.

In spite of good intentions, this blog has been neglected for the past few months. There are a lot of reasons for this, the biggest of which are that I moved to a new city and started a new job back in May, and I’ve been very busy ever since. The good news is that […]

Happy Pi Day (of the century, no less)

Written by candra on March 14th, 2015March 14th, 2015.

March 14 is Pi Day. This year is even more fun because it’s 2015, so: 3.1415. Take time of day into account, and it gets even *more* fun than that. As my contribution to the parade of Pi Day projects, here’s a cartoon π eraser stamp I made while watching Darren Aranofsky’s π:

February Round-Up

Written by candra on February 28th, 2015.

This month has been the kind of busy that didn’t leave much time for this blog. I did want to post the few things before the month is up, so here goes.

Weekend Project: Octopus Print

Written by candra on January 25th, 2015.

This weekend’s project was a linocut of an octopus. It’s carved from a 12″ x 12″ piece of unmounted linoleum. I started with a pencil drawing on the linoleum, which I then carved.

Paper Lights

Written by candra on January 23rd, 2015January 23rd, 2015.

I’ve been using Jie Qi’s paper circuits lessons from the MIT High Low Tech group for workshops for a while. I have a workshop coming up soon, so I wanted to brush up on paper circuits. I bought LEDs for the workshop that are too small for the group I’m using them with, so I’m […]

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