Weekend trip to Port Townsend

My friends and I took the long weekend as a chance to get out of the city. We headed to Port Townsend, about two hours away including a decent ferry ride. The weather on Saturday was beautiful, though cold. It was an amazing two days, filled with good food, adorable shops, antique malls, fireball spices … Continue reading »

Fancy nail attempt

I tried to make fancy nail art that’s all the rage these days, but I don’t think I did very well! I tried though, blue and red for the election! I used the little ball end of a pin to make the dots, next time I might try something different, or I might try to … Continue reading »

William H. Foege talk at UW

Today I got to attend a talk by William Foege, “Bill” as we were told to call him, at my university. If you do not know who he is check out the wikipedia article on him. It was a really inspiring talk, he seemed really personable, not at all like Richard Dawkins. Don’t get me … Continue reading »

My Firefox Halloween Costume!

I got a little over excited with  Halloween this year, and ended up only getting to go out once in this costume. My bioengineering professor decided that as 21 year old college students we really needed to have a midterm the day after Halloween (makes a lot of sense). So I didn’t get to enjoy … Continue reading »

First bedroom craft since coming home

I covered one of my smaller walls in my room with all of the maps from the places I traveled to this summer. Some craft paint and an inspirational quote later I got this! It really adds great color and warmness to the space.

Attempt at Breast Cancer Awareness Headband

Hello beautiful blog readers! I am coming to you, yet again, with a new headband pattern! This one did not turn out as good as I would have liked, I probably should’ve tested the pattern as a swatch first, but I made it up as I went. So here is my first attempt:   I … Continue reading »

yarnbombing - Art , Cities , Bookstores and Playing

Reblogged from Streetcolor: Luke Haynes – textile artist and quiltmaker  – yarnbombed this house / storefront on Capitol Hill in Seattle , Washington on Sat .  Sept 25 with a group of 17 yarnbombers . The yarnbombing was to prepare for the opening of bookstore . 3 Great Things About This 1 . This building … Continue reading »

Crochet in Italy

I’ve witnessed some quite amazing crochet in Italy. Things I would love to be able to make and do. Crochet still bewilders me and I am barely able to do a basic stitch. Physically I understand the idea of how the fabric is made, with one continuous loop instead of many (as in knitting). I … Continue reading »

So I know it’s not quite Headband Season yet

But I couldn’t help myself. I knit this last night as I caught up on some American television (clearly taken advantage of my last few days in Italy). This is an extremely easy pattern, and my first on circular needles woo! Get ready for some webcam fashion shoot! I’ll try and take high quality photos … Continue reading »

About not having a camera…

I am so frustrated!! I have four FINISHED knitting projects I want to share, but I only have a webcam as of now. If you’ve read my previous posts you know that both my iphone and my camera got stolen while I was traveling. Tragic in many ways, but now I can’t blog! I know … Continue reading »