Tag Archives: crafts

Why I knit, #29

Posted on August 18, 2009 by HappyGoth

[Funnily enough, this is a line for exactly the same sort of thing I’m talking about, only in a different location, and taken by cafemama, who I do not know, but feel camraderie with, as she and I  have obviously … Continue reading →

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Fiber Friday!

Posted on August 7, 2009 by HappyGoth

Since I am without the means to increase my stash (and really, given the space alloted for said stash, I shouldn’t increase it, even if I have the means), I’m starting this new thing to live vicariously through the internet … Continue reading →

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New craft!

Posted on August 4, 2009 by HappyGoth

Rather, an old one, revisited, which is more an art than a craft, being paintings on canvas. At any rate, my long-missing painting muse (I have not seen it since September of 2004) has returned, and I have a couple … Continue reading →

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More fiber? No, thanks.

Posted on July 28, 2009 by HappyGoth

I have accomplished much by spinning, plying, and washing my first handspun. It is lovely. However, this bit of accomplishment is dwarfed by the sheer amount of roving I have left over (which compared to some is not a lot, … Continue reading →

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Because

Posted on July 9, 2009 by HappyGoth

I’m kind of a grump today, I’m sharing more of what I learned. In that, as an unintended consequence of blogging about the print process, I have a good start on documentation for the project! Hooray! I shall explain. SCA … Continue reading →

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I pass on knowledge

Posted on July 8, 2009 by HappyGoth

To you. So. I learned many things this weekend, but here is the summing up, so that in the future, others can learn from my mistakes. 1. Soft-soft, hard-hard. That is, soft blocks print better on soft materials and hard … Continue reading →

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I have conquered Gaul

Posted on July 6, 2009 by HappyGoth

Well, no. I haven’t. I have done something monumental (for me) this weekend, though. I block-printed 4 yards of fabric. Allow me to say, though, for the record, that although I freaked out completely that the madder I ordered hit … Continue reading →

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Catching-up.

Posted on July 3, 2009 by HappyGoth

Ah, so much catching-up to do. This month is, apparently NaBloPoMo, which translates to National  Blog Posting Month, wherein you attempt to blog each and every day for some arbitrary reason, and which I have already failed since I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Some more of what I did.

Posted on June 25, 2009 by HappyGoth

But first, some neat links. The Baloney Detection Kit (and no, I don’t mean the lunch meat; if I did, I would have spelled it bologna) Homeless Guy Smashes Other Homeless Guy Upside the Head With Skateboard During Physics Argument … Continue reading →

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Productiveness: FAIL

Posted on June 6, 2009 by HappyGoth

Well, I had intended to do a lot today. In reality, not much has happened the way that I wanted. You know those days – you wake up with a big list of “to dos” and then you find something … Continue reading →

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