Boy, That Was a Long Break!
Back in 2020 I stopped writing in the blog as we were preparing to sell our house. Then we moved to an apartment. Then we moved out of...
Upcycling men's trousers
Recently I decided to make a new backpack purse for myself. I decided to upcycle men's trousers for the lining. The crease of the pant...
Resizing a plush sewing pattern
Let’s say you have a sewing pattern for a stuffed animal, but the critter comes out bigger than you want it. Or, maybe you want to sew it...
My latest weaving hack
Here’s a weaving hack for those people like me. I’ve had some problems with pain in the joints of my hands, especially my palms. That...
How much yarn do I need?
I found only one reference to how much yarn one needs for a lucet braid in the printed resources I have. I found another resource that...
How do you tell a good lucet?
In the time I’ve been using a lucet I’ve learned a few different things about lucets. First, your hand must be comfortable using a lucet....
How do you gauge success?
In knitting and crochet, gauge is measured by the number of stitches per inch (or centimeter). I want to be able to talk about gauge with...
A Book About Lucet Braiding
I’m anticipating doing a several short blog posts about my current project, writing a book about using the lucet. I started developing a...
Juggling priorities
I was having symptoms that finally became diagnosable in May 2017. Last year I developed a related problem that put me into the hospital...
Spooling out a new product
This post is about how I developed a (new-to-me) product, purse charms using a thread spool. Braids made using the 3-ply technique, which...
Woven and Finished Towels
The telling of this story about weaving towels has been rather protracted. Sorry about that. We left the story when I had finished...
The final set up before weaving
When we left the story of preparing to weave, the warp yarns had just been wound onto the loom. The next step in the process is to thread...
