Month: March 2008

Nutcracker Sweet, Part 9 – the happy ending

OK, here we are, finally.  It’s done!  And, I’m pretty darned happy with it.  Although admittedly, I picked a real lulu for the first set of Playing Lessons! (I didn’t do it on purpose, I swear.  Really, I’m usually more lazy than this.) "Lulu" is the perfect term to describe this project, it turns out, because it…

Happy Birthday to Me!

As part of “fun weekend”, DH and I went and visited a place on the other side of the river, called “SCRAP”. SCRAP — The School and Community Reuse Action Project — is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our mission is to promote creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to…

Nutcracker Sweet, Part 8 – finishing up

Wow, what a difference a couple of weeks makes!  Here’s what’s happened since we last saw our friend, the Nutcracker sweater… Bodice knitting:  finished. FI panel:  about a million ends woven in. Hems & facing:  sewn down.  Stitching down the hem took a while, because it had to be redone a couple of times to get…