No more tangled yarn: make a center pull ball

February 22nd, 2008

Notice the yarn coming out of the center of the ball.

When you are working with a hank (a long ring of yarn that is not sold in a ball) or a skein (more of a figure eight wound portion of yarn) you can easily get into trouble where you find your yarn has become tangled […]

Quick sweater on big needles

February 18th, 2008

I have finished my warm red sweater! This worked up fast on large needles and I found the pattern fairly easy to follow. The only reason why this wasn’t finished earlier is because I kept putting it down or started other projects. The pattern can be found in this book: Urban Streets and you […]

Recycled Craft: Could a sock make you smile?

February 2nd, 2008

Recycled craft projects jut got cuter with this book from Japan. Here is my photo of the project on the cover of the book Sock and Glove.

Is Gmail having problems?

February 1st, 2008

I’ve been having difficulties over the last 2 weeks with my Gmail account. Often I can’t login and when I can, I can’t open the mail in my inbox. I see the subject like of my messages, but can’t open them. This is starting to make me a bit nervous since I rely on it […]