• Things I want to write about

    – The million xmas knits I’ve finished this week. No srsly, there are so many. – The million xmas knits I still have to finish before xmas. – The awesome buttons I bought today that were used in Shutter Island. (Not the exact ones, but the exact design.) – The…

  • When Big Kids Wear Warm Knitted Things

    It occurred to me yesterday that the title of my blog is “When Big Kids Play Dress-up” and yet there’s hardly anything costume-related in here. I’ve been sewing since I was about fourteen. I had gone to see Lord of the Rings with a friend and came home having decided…

  • Progress Report

    Laminaria: 50%, just started the last Star Chart repeat and then it’s on to the edging 75%! Halfway through Edging Chart #1 Rae #2: 30%, I think I’m  somewhere around 50-something stitches Papers written: 3 of 4 I’d say we’re doing pretty well. Oh, except: Halloween costumes made: zero Whoops.