Ariadne’s Clew chronicles one woman’s obsession with women in the ancient world and fiber arts.
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Paris Print Tote
The urge to quilt won out today, so I made a quilted bag. I needed something I could start and finish on the same day, and I’ve been wanting to do something with this…
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Time to Quilt?
I’m feeling the urge to quilt today, possibly because this month is the red challenge in one of the art quilt groups on Facebook that I joined. I love red. Except that right now…
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Jumbo Scarf
I finished my long rectangle today and declared it a scarf. Which is great, except that this is south Louisiana, and I may never get to wear it, no matter what time of the…
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Jumbo Saves the Day
I decided to go jumbo today, so I went to Jo-Ann and got Mega Bulky™ yarn and some size 19/15mm needles. Guess what. It worked. I finished the skein, but it’s still too short…
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I Made an Amorphous Thing
So, this is how far I got with the knit stitch yesterday and today. (The whole skein plus a bit of another to practice joining or whatever it’s called in knitting.) I think I…
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The Saga of Fred’s Crafty Creatures, Part 2
I bought a sewing machine. I bought it to make constructing sock creatures faster. I bought it because it takes a lot of hand-stitches to make a closet monster. I bought it because I…
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My First Knitting Day
Today was a knitting day—not that I spent the day knitting, because I didn’t. I spent the day learning how to knit, and by knit, I mean only the knit stitch. And only after…
