In Progress Reading: This week I started reading Radium Girls. The first night, a handful of pages in and I had a pit in my stomach. The focus is the girls (teenagers!) who worked to paint watch dials and instruments dials with paint that would glow in the dark. Radium was the main ingredient. Radium… Continue reading Two new starts and two in progress socks
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Brioche and the Winter Blast
One week into 2018 and I have my first FO! Brioche is a technique that I have long admired but never tried. In a Facebook group, other knitters suggested pattern ideas for a first brioche project. I grabbed a ball of yarn that hadn't been returned to the stash yet and just went for it… Continue reading Brioche and the Winter Blast
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Let's face facts: My stash is certainly healthy and likely SABLE-status (that stands for Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy. It will take years to knit or crochet it all.) My Ravelry queue is 54 pages long. That's over 1600 projects I have noticed and thought "Yeah, I'd like to make that." Yarn and crafts are part of… Continue reading 2018MakeNine