“So I’m really bad at blogging lately.” Usually I don’t mind keeping a buffer for the times when I’m not creative, but I’ve been prolific lately (I even knit two things that will never make it to the blog!). So expect a DELUGE of crafts, because at this rate it…

Hello! I know this blog has been idle, but that doesn’t mean that I’ve been! I have an entire backlog of projects waiting to be documented. At the end of August I went to Toronto and created a very special bag for the occasion: a travel satchel that could essentially fit all the…

Oh hi. Just because I haven’t posted anything all year doesn’t mean I haven’t been creative. And just because I haven’t displayed any knitted objects doesn’t mean I haven’t been knitting. I knit an entire ill-fitting cardigan that I literally threw out, 1/2 a…

I was really excited to make a case for my iPad. This is a prototype of sorts. I knew I wanted it to be portfolio style rather than sleeve style and it was just a matter of determining how to keep the iPad in place. Inside is made of very rigid cardstock for structure and an old yoga mat for…

Hello! Not much to say here, and not much knitting going on. I did manage to knit an entire cardigan that did not fit, that was plenty discouraging. I sewed one last handbag for the season, a messenger bag appropriate for winter! I found some amazing plaid wool at Knittn Kitten for $4.90 for a…

Hey everyone! I made another tote, but this one is for me. I’ve been using the same handbag for almost three years and I totally wore it out. I really liked the idea of a solid color tote with a print on the inside which was the style I used on Natalie’s tote so I went with it. This one…

Hello I have finished another handbag. It’s a simple tote with an amazing lining and embroidery! I wanted to vary this handbag by my last two but was limited by not having enough materials. For instance, instead of having two handles on the wide face of the bag, I would have loved to have one…

I sewed another handbag, this time for my Aunt Shelly, because she is enthusiastic about my hobbies. This one is a little bit larger than the last one and rectangular, not trapezoidal. Also my finishing techniques got a lot more polished and I’m very happy with what I learned. The outer…

Hello how is everybody? I have a lot on my mind, that’s just like me. I made a handbag out of pajama pants and a bed sheet! It has a zippered pocket in the front and two storage areas inside the bag so I can separate my laptop from my lip gloss. I made it without a pattern. It looks decent…

Hello blog. What is it like to update this thing? Anyway, all that stuff above, I sewed it. Here is some backstory that is also personal lifey. I moved into My First Apartment in April. Two things made me nervous about getting my own apartment: buying a coffee table, and buying a sofa. Coffee…

Hiiiii bloggg! This is another sewing project, a cupcake apron for my roommate Ruchi. This is the perfect gift because: She is totally into cupcakes they are her favorite thing. She recently picked up the hobby of baking and aprons are a staple of baking. It’s handmade, which is a requirement…

Hellooo. I made another box bag. This one for my friend Brian’s girlfriend. I got some heavier needles for my machine and was able to get this one looking mostly like the example I followed, nevermind some quirky slantiness. I intend to give this to her when I gift Brian with his handknit…

I consider myself pretty candid about things I make. However, for my first major sewing project in years I think I’d rather pretend that my first time came out totally awesome and hide all the ways I felt challenged or may have screwed up, which, for the purposes of this entry, are all…

“Call Your Mom” is a public installation I did on the Stony Brook Campus for Unbound, which is part of the Shirley Strum Kenny Art Festival. I constructed 45 small ramekin cakes out of felt and hung these from the lower branches from a single tree on campus, located outside the south…

I knit a cozy for my brand new iPod Nano. I followed Julie Ree’s instructions up until a point and then strayed, such is my nature even though I will it not to be. The inside is lined in red felt and the button hides a functional snap enclosure. The fabric is old paJAMZ! from GAP that I got…