So, what should one call your nice handmade objects? I dislike "Arts and Crafts", since those are the means by which 2nd graders create loving ugliness and adults that should know better make hateful ugliness. "Handcrafted Objects" seems a bit too highbrow--I'm not an artisan, I just like keeping my hands busy when I watch tv.

Well, whatever you want to call them, here they are, for your reading and/or creative pleasure. Subtopics listed below and on the menu to your left.

Unborn: Some projects that haven't yet gotten off the runway. Others are waiting to be cleared for landing. No crashing and burning, though.

Cables: Arans, ropes, wedding rings.

Lace: Not like great-gramma used to make. Sometimes.

Color: Fair Isle, intarsia if I ever do any.

Felt: Doing the thing you did to that cashmere sweater that time, but on purpose.

Misc. Yarn: Stripes, knit/purl patterns, stockinette, and fluff.

Cloth: When it's time to make a mess in a completely different medium.

Patterns: Um... patterns.






Anyone interested in how I made any of these things: You have a few options. A: Figure it out on your own. B: Contact me (tjane1216, then the "at" symbol, excite.com), although if it's copyrighted (as in, I didn't just make something up), I'll only be able to direct you to a reference. C: Never find out what I did, and wonder forever.