I am not going to post about every project I completed during the six weeks I took off from blogging. I’m making an exception for this project, which I finished before Thanksgiving, because it provides an interesting comparison to the Hufflepuff Houndstooth Scarf.
Weaving
2015 Goals and Plans
I do not set crafting resolutions. To me, the word “resolution” implies doing something drastically different than you had been doing before. I’ve been a fiber crafter for a long time and that is not going to change. Instead, I set goals and make plans. Goals differ from resolutions in that goals are smaller, concrete, and incremental. I already have a base of fiber crafting skills and I want to build on those skills. There’s many things I have never done, especially with crochet, spinning, weaving, and dyeing as these are the skills that I have only acquired in the last two years. Although I’ve been knitting for 20+ years, I spent many of those years knitting the kinds of projects where gauge is nearly irrelevant and so the list of things I have never done with knitting is longer than you might expect. I’m starting out the year by picking one or two skills to work on for each of the fiber crafts.
Projects Finished in 2014
I did not expect to take time off from blogging during the holidays, but that’s what ended up happening. The last six weeks have been a whirlwind of events with family and friends. I’ve done very little crafting as a result. However, I will be back to blogging regularly starting next week. For today, I put together a short video compilation of all the projects I knit, crocheted, spun, wove, and / or dyed during 2014. I hope you enjoy it!
Hufflepuff Houndstooth Scarf
For HPKCHC Quidditch Round 4, we must make something that either (1) gets hung on a wall; (2) is a matched set; or (3) is outlandishly large, sparkly, crazy, or distracting. I’m going with option 2 and weaving a matched set of 5 houndstooth scarves (using the same pattern qualifies as a set). That’s one scarf in each of the four house colors and the fifth in House Unity purples. The Hufflepuff scarf is the first one I’ve finished.
Using Homemade Warp Sticks
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about making warp sticks from vinyl blinds. Last Friday, I tied on my first warp using the homemade warp sticks. I’m just about finished weaving this project — I should finish it later today — so I thought I’d share a little bit about my experience. Short story: I loved them!