Category: Handmade

The Unfinished Sweater »

The sweater that never got finished. It’s like the manuscript I never finished writing. Or the frozen chicken I left in the fridge to thaw but never got around baking in the oven. It sits and sits. Until I finally make the tough decision to throw it out. To abandon it. To give up. To [...]

The Book Thong: Part Deux »

I finished my book thong. Based on a pattern at crochetme, my thong is leaner and easier to make. Teens might enjoy making this one. I only changed the crochetme version towards the end. So the beginning and middle are the same. Start with a the long chain (about 12 inches) of single crochet (sc), [...]

The Book Thong »

I’m a reader. Sadly, though, these days I find myself spending more time writing and designing Web sites than curled up reading. And I love readerly things like nice book marks. The book thong is a sort of book mark. Nope, you can’t find book thong on wikipedia but you can find patterns for them [...]