http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/ HookStars - a fibre blog Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:30:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Crafts Hobbies http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/59.html Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:25:16 GMT Hey everyone, I've had a bit of trouble wht this blog. For starters I've been ridiculously busy with my thesis and haven't even made all that much lately. The other issue was that when I tried to log in a couple of times a few months ago - it wasn't letting me. So - if anyone is reading this - I'm well, just super busy. I am planning to create a new blog at some point as I've just gotten back into sewing. I've been trying to post my things on Craftster but that hasn't happened too much either. I'll keep this blog up, as my patterns are really there for my own use anyhow :) xxoo N http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=59 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/58.html Sat, 08 Apr 2006 05:56:06 GMT My ma and pa have shouted me the yarn for the jacket! I'm so happy!!! I'd managed to put together a budget that let me afford it (it's nearly three times more than my most expensive project to date, but I don't think I'll be disappointed!) and it puts $70 back into my travelling and spinning wheel funds. It's the Naturally Tussock 8 ply, colour 275. It's a deep purple, and it's plied with a polyester slubby/tweedy thread, that has different colours in it. I'll post a good scan of it when I've got it. Unfortunately, they only had 6 balls at the store, and I need 8. They are getting some... (more) http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=58 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/57.html Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:48:06 GMT Okay everyone, I'm picking yarn for the Prepster Jacket this afternoon (see prior post for bad quality pic of the article in question)!! Hopefully will blog tonight, but to give you all a little taste of what I'm considering, head over to Tussock 8ply, over at Naturally Yarns. Probably purple, but I haven't totally chosen yet. Yum! Natalie http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=57 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/56.html Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:06:17 GMT Now, excuse the poor photography. Blair's camera hates to do close ups, not to mention that it's under artificial light and I had to turn the flash off because the glare obscured the piccie. This, my friends, is what I want to make, right away, from the Happy Hooker. That little jacket would look so cute on me *sigh* but it'll be awhile before I can afford the yarn. I'm selling some stuff on TradeMe though, so it's possible that I could have a few spare dollars in a fews weeks. I hope so! Natalie http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=56 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/55.html Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:13:28 GMT I got Debbie Stoller's The Happy Hooker book in the mail today. I've read through it and just have to say there are so many things I want to make in it. Like right away. Unfortunately I have quite a few birthdays around now, and I'm poor... I guess I won't be making any of them any time soon, but a girl can dream! I'll do a proper update on it later, I just had to share the news!!! Natalie http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=55 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/54.html Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:59:59 GMT And here is a skein I had fun dyeing the other day. I was wanting to see if I could make a nice navy blue, and I think I did : Basically, I mixed up a nice bright blue, then muted it with orange until it was almost greeny. Then I added black to darken it. Then I added a couple of splashes of dilute citric acid and added it to a large soup pot of heating water. I've been using citric acid instead of vinegar recently. Since Blair now doesn't work Sundays, he's often here when I'm dyeing, and he can't stand the smell of warm vinegar [me, I love it. But then, I... (more) http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=54 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/53.html Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:25:11 GMT So, here's a scarf I finished a while ago, I made it for Blair for our 7 year anniversary. He loves his other scarf, but it was the 2nd scarf I ever crocheted, and it's in a cheap acrylic (I didn't know much about fibre then, or relavtive warmth) so I needed to make him a nice one in warm, warm wool. I needed to make a nice thick one that will keep out the rain hail and snow when winter arrives. And here's the finished object: Basically, it's was made of a white 10-ply yarn, that I picked up from an op shop. It's so nice and soft! and I got about 700g of it, so there's... (more) http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=53 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/52.html Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:13:12 GMT I have been feeling guilty all week because Thursday a week ago, I promised on my blog that I'd update over the weekend. Then, I didn't. My mum was very disappointed because she'd believed me, and then didn't have anything pretty to look at when she got to work on Monday. It was a sad sad time... So, I'm making sure this weekend, that my mum does have somthing pretty to look at on Monday morning. So, I'm going to do my best to blog as much as I can over the weekend. I only have pics of Blair's scarf, and my latest dying adventure at the moment. Blair's camera battery is... (more) http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=52 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/51.html Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:38:42 GMT Well, I'm still not sure what was up with my page, but I can see everything now. And I don't think anyone else but me was affected. Also, if you look very closely, you will notice that I haven't blogged anything, and now the weekend is over... Let me just say that I got a 20gb MP3 player in the weekend, and I'm slowly putting my favourite music on it, so I had no time to blog. However, I do have a couple of ideas for a little padded case for it :) I've been swatching so I should have something thrown together in a couple of days! Natalie http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=51 http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/archive/50.html Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:14:19 GMT Okay, I just need to say some strange stuff is going down here... I just logged on here with my Mozilla browser, and I haven't used my lappy for a while, and when I log onto my home page, the past 2 posts aren't visible, the latest is my one on Karen's frilly wristwarmers. Unfortunately if this is a problem for you personally, I'm thinking you won't even see this post. I'll see what I can do because I was planning to do some dying tomorrow and also blog quite a few little things. However, if you scroll in the calendar in the side bar, and click on the latest post, then you can see... (more) http://hookstars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=50