By Amy, on August 28th, 2009%
Are you a list maker? I love making lists and crossing things off lists. (I’ve been known to add just completed items to a list just for the sake of crossing them off). I also love paper and pens. Every year I agonize about getting a calendar/planner because most of the time, I end up not . . . → Read More: Book of Lists
By Amy, on August 23rd, 2009%
“The Three Musketeers” is what Dotty, who owns The Net Loft and taught this class called us when she sent me this picture. My friends Becca and Pam and I got together on Friday morning to learn how to create patterns in lace and texture on the rigid heddle loom. We ended up spending all day . . . → Read More: Three Musketeers
By Amy, on August 20th, 2009%
Selma started fourth grade today.
Of course, she chose her own first-day-of-school outfit, including the jacket which was my mom’s in college. Yeah, my mom is pretty tiny. I love school supplies, clean crisp notebooks, backpacks, new pencils. Since I don’t get to go back to school, but I do need a new date book/organizer right about . . . → Read More: Back to School
By Amy, on August 11th, 2009%
I tried to think of some witty post title about felting, but they all seemed too cheesy. At any rate, Selma and I taught needle felting last week at The Net Loft. Students made little needle felted portraits on craft felt and then framed them. Selma and I had made little portraits as class samples. Mine . . . → Read More: Insert “felt” pun here
By Amy, on August 7th, 2009%
My friend Becca (rav link), who grew up in Valdez, Alaska, and who modeled these socks for me helped me pick the name. Landlocked Bay is just around the corner from Cordova, and it used to have a big coal mine, so the beaches are black. Becca said that when she was a kid there was . . . → Read More: New Pattern: Landlocked Bay Socks