Category: general
summer projects
Multiple deadlines, for a sample crochet project, technical editing, and technology client work, all converged to the same time so projects I’ve been working on have felt endlessly monotonous. I try not to stack deadlines, but sometimes it happens. This string of deadlines has passed so onward to the next group! I hope to get…
happiness
When knitting and crocheting to deadline, happiness is walking outside and discovering the peonies blossomed.
future projects
Earlier today I wound 2680 yards (2.45 km) of yarn that is destined for future designs. from left to right (top to bottom): Happy Fuzzy Yarn: Superwash Sport in both Moss on Stone and Moss and Merino Tencel Fingering in Purple Kale. Anzula: Wash My Lace in Charcoal and Croquet in Opal. Phydeaux Designs &…
current projects, april edition
I seem to have caught spring startitis: I want to start and work on all the projects right now. Some projects are zooming along, others have fits and starts as I work through design challenges. I seem also to have neglected to take many photos lately. Today was rainy, dark, and grey so I didn’t…
learning to knit and code
This 2013 article, Can Learning to Knit Help Learning to Code? recently popped up in one of my social media feeds. It discusses how an electrical engineering professor took a knitting class and discovered how knits and purls are much like binary and written pattern instructions are regular expressions. The article also looks at some…
creative constraint
I’m a novice painter. I don’t want to stress over doing things the exact right way and in time become a master artist, that’s not my goal. I have turned many hobbies into professions over the years and it’s nice to have an outlet where I can embrace the freedom of unreserved play. I like…