Author Archives: lauren
Shawl Dreaming
I decided to make the dayflower daydream shawl for a friend when she got pregnant. My idea was that it might be a christening shawl, if she didn’t already have one. My mother was of the opinion that white was … Continue reading
Endpaper mitt
In the spirit of cleaning up some of my blogging todos, here are the photos and final finishing details of the fingerless mitts that I knitted in sock yarn. In my previous endpaper mitts post I was worried that the … Continue reading
Purple Hannah
One of my knitting buddies (beentsy, to be precise came up with the idea of the knitting group (we know each other through the Terminal City Yarn Wranglers group on Ravelry) holding a swap, so we could all receive knitted … Continue reading
Lace Design
I spent much of the weekend at Sivia Harding’s lace design workshop, put on by the West Coast Knitters’ Guild. I love knitting lace, so the chance to learn more about the design process to jump-start me into designing my … Continue reading
Coming to Terms
My mother died on Wednesday night. My step-father, who was with her, said it seemed she had decided it was time to go. She had dementia, and the last couple of months were one trip into hospital after another until … Continue reading
