My my. Pardon my absence ... I've been feeling quiet lately. Good, but quiet - with perhaps a bit of just plain old lazy thrown in for good measure.
Some thanks are in order - first and foremost, to Bean - who was so kind to send me some duplicate crochet hooks that she had in her stash, along with a vintage "learn to crochet" book. (Check out Bean's fab quilted hot pad tutorial when you have a chance.) Thanks to her generosity and a quick class at my local yarn store, I think I have this granny square thing down. But the likelihood of completing a granny square afghan for my sofa before this baby inside of me turns five? Slim to none. I have other, more urgent projects to attend to, such as making a huge stash of cloth diapers. The materials have arrived, so now I just have to start making a diaper whenever I have a free moment and they should all be done by April! Easy as pie.
Also, thanks to Terri who gave the Lola Apron pattern a nice review over at Sew, Mama, Sew. It's always so nice to hear when people have positive experiences sewing from my patterns. It makes all of the frustrating hours spent with Patrick proof reading and editing oh so worth it. Did you know that, in order for a pattern to be ready to send off to testers, Patrick has to believe that he, a person with zippo sewing experience, could successfully make the pattern just by following the instructions? You should have heard him at first: "What to you mean, wrong sides together? What do you mean, clip and turn? What do you mean by seam allowance?" SO MANY TIMES I wanted to yell, "Would you just shush with your constant questioning, Socrates, and trust me that this stuff is okay to say in a sewing pattern?" Thankfully, we are still happily married. (I'm sure he felt the same way a few years back when he tried to teach me theoretical calculus.)
Anyway, I have a lot more fun stuff planned for this week, so stay tuned!
