a finished hat, and a bunch of new stuff!

I finished M's ribbed hat today! I decided to give it an extra little special detail, and stitched M's initials onto a little strip of fleece that I then stitched onto the folded brim. My sewing wasn't as neat as I'd hoped...and I'd briefly entertained the idea of stitching the initials through both sides (since…

a birthday, and octopus cardigan progress

Yesterday I celebrated my 36th birthday! I had an incredibly busy day at work, followed by M's violin lesson and my own orchestra rehearsal, but topped it off with a concert - my husband got tickets to Joshua Bell's performance with the Eastman Philharmonic and it was wonderful. He played the Bruch violin concerto, which…

am i a designer?

In my last post, I mentioned having complicated thoughts about publishing patterns for the things I’ve designed recently, and since I’m in a very brief window of time in the semester where I don’t actually have any student work that needs feedback (that changes tomorrow!), I’m going to try to think through those thoughts in…

things i knit for me: stripey pocketed sweater!

Ok, yeah, this sweater TOTALLY needs a better name. I'm still not 100% I'm going to write a pattern for this (maybe I'll write a post about my complicated feelings about trying to publish patterns for my designs). If I do, does anyone want to help me come up with a name? Project Details: Ravelry…