How do you choose your projects?
January 7, 2009 by Del
Filed under Creativity, about me, crafts, miscellaneous, yarn crafts
I am notoriously picky about what I’ll knit. I think it’s because I know I’ll invest so much of my time that I have to be happy with the end result. I like a challenge, but not all the time, so my projects are usually a mix of simple to complex. Plus, if I don’t want to think one day, I’ll pick an easy project out of the bag.
So, how do you select projects to work on? Do you work on multiple items at a time? How do they differ? Do you keep an easy one on hand for …read more
What your projects can teach you
January 6, 2009 by Del
Filed under Community, Creativity, crafts, miscellaneous, yarn crafts
I wish I had a picture of my ugliest project to show you, but I don’t. Wisely, I never snapped a photo of this hideous handbag that I made a few years ago.
I made it in purple variegated yarn, trimmed it in acid-green fun fur (*shiver*), stuck some handles on it and lined it with more acid-green satin. (I have absolutely no explanation for all the acid-green.) At this point, the bag is probably taking up room in a landfill somewhere because I decided not to keep it. It was fugly.
However, as with any other project I’ve ever completed (or not …read more
Your favorite project(s) of 2008?
December 30, 2008 by Del
Filed under crafts, knitting, lace, yarn crafts
As we approach the end of another year, I look back on my completed projects of 2008 and I can’t help but feel kind of disappointed. I’m not in a competition or anything with anyone (except perhaps myself), but I read a lot of knitting/crafty blogs and so many bloggers churn out projects all the time, while I’m lucky to complete something, no matter how small, in a month.
Then there are the projects that take me an entire year…
This is probably my favorite project of the past year, the Arctic Diamonds Stole from Interweave Knit’s Winter 2006 edition. It was …read more
