Category Archives: Craft

April: Lake Success

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View on Instagram In 2021, I began embroidering one 4-inch hoop a month. This hoop is from April. I was sick for much of the month and couldn’t figure out how to make the clouds work like I wanted, so instead of forcing myself to finish I decided to move on in May. The irony …

Mending Saga

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I told myself I’d get Episode 5 done by the end of March so here it is…Mending Saga. Find the full video here. View on Instagram

March: Bird’s-eye view over Washington State

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In 2021, I began embroidering one 4-inch hoop a month. This hoop is from March. I took this photo from a plane over Washington state, and chose it because of its effect of distance. I had recently learned how colours give the impression of growing bluer and less saturated as they fade into the distance …

Denim mending

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As soon as I wore these jeans the other knee ripped so I guess I’m not done yet…anyone have any tips on marking denim? View on Instagram

February: Austrian snowstorm

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View on Instagram In 2021, I began embroidering one 4-inch hoop a month. This hoop is from February. After January’s first attempt, I realized I needed to focus more on the contrast between colours rather than the colours themselves and chose an image that easily lent itself to greyscale in order to simplify. I tried …

Sock Darning

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View on Instagram I darned a lot of socks.

January: La Gomera

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View on Instagram In 2021, I began embroidering one 4-inch hoop a month. This is the first installment, from January. I was trying to replicate a photo of sand dunes with a very limited number of colours and was entirely unsure on how to create direction and depth.

Gold and Blue

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I designed and hand-knit this colourwork sweater from scratch.

The Twigs

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I modified this sweater from the original pattern “The Twigs” by Junko Okamoto. The original was a large, floppy A-line sweater, and I wanted it to be more fitted.