Sometimes things aren’t exactly how they appear… The Cookie Thief by Valerie Cox A woman was waiting at an airport one night With several long hours before her flight She hunted for a book in the airport shop Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop She was engrossed in her book [...]
Iceberg #5 is one of many iceberg photos I took in Juneau, Alaska about ten years ago. It was late September and the tourist season was growing to a close (in fact, I saw the first snowfall of the season). This photo is a close up of the top of a large iceberg taken while [...]
This is one of my first knitting projects. Created five or so years ago at the request of my teen-aged niece who wanted a Christmasy scarf. The scarf is made from a variegated three-color yarn with a bit of gold sparkle thrown in (I forget the manufacturer). It is quite long and thinner in the [...]
I’ve been embroidering a lot lately and experimenting with new stitches and fabrics. I’ve done a few items that are embroidery on knitted fabrics but no photos yet. The challenge I always seem to face with embroidery is transferring the design to the fabric. This is particularly troublesome with dark, heavy fabrics like something I’ve [...]
The second in my series of knit samplers I made in spring 2009. This sampler is also 9 inches square and is stockinette stitch bordered by garter stitch. I accidentally added a stitch in the stockinette section at one point and corrected it with a decrease. It’s visible if you know where to look (unfortunately, [...]
This little penguin is one of my favorite creations. He’s a little raw and unfinished but it was one of my first clay projects so I’m always a little surprised that he looks as cute as he does. I crafted him during a visit to the children’s museum with my niece and nephew. I’m not [...]
In the months before my mom passed away last winter, she felt well enough to take up her tiny crochet hooks and create quite a few little projects. Mom crocheted hundreds of snowflakes over the years and gave most of them away to family and friends. These 2 are now part of my collection. The [...]