Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 8th 2012
Mar29
I bit the bullet today and stopped by Eddie’s Quilting Bee and bought this little baby. I have to say, she hums! I expect that this sewing machine will outlast me. And with this baby, I just might get back into quilting. I haven’t done any quilting in over 7 years. Stay tuned.
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Mar26
Help! I finally have decided that my ancient ElnaSuper 62C needs to be retired permanently. I need to buy another sewing machine ASAP for some boating related work (I need to sew some flags for sail course markers). It’s been ages since I shopped for a sewing machine. I don’t even know what’s available anymore. [...]
Mar22
This was made it a scant ball of Kureyon that I found at the bottom of my scrap yarn basket. Yes, it’s another mobius basket. It’ going to be a pen/pencil holder for my desk. It’s the size of a soda can. How do I know this for a fact? That was my blocker. Ta! [...]
Mar11
Grace and I have been chatting over the past week on making mobius strips. Searching on the web on mobius strips, I found that there are quite a few directions for making mobius strips. Some are done by making a long strip, then grafting the start and end together after making a half twist. Some [...]
Mar08
I present you, Mobius Basket! I must say, I am itching to make another one right now. A tall skinny one to use as a pen/pencil holder. I’m going digging into my stash. It was a beautiful day yesterday (70F +), so I took my spinning wheel outside and played for a bit. Every once [...]