Scientist
by day, crafter by night. I am the crazy person you see on the
bus, on a plane, sitting in a park, or even walking down the street
or in a store feverishly knitting or crocheting away. I even
take my yarn with me to work so I can craft at lunch. For me,
all life's problems can be solved by a ball of nice, soft yarn and a
small pile of craft supplies. I am never without some manner of
craft material. There is no storage dilemma that plastic canvas
cannot solve and yarn can solve more problems than I ever imagined.
I have been crocheting since 2009 and knitting since 2010. In
my first year of crocheting I made over a dozen queen sized afghans,
at least half of which were my own design. I enjoy crochet for
the rapidity with which you can turn out finished items and the ease
of creating small and useful items. Hats are a favorite as are
bags. Knitting I reserve for clothing at the moment. As a
somewhat novice knitter the prospect of making knitted amigurumi is,
to be perfectly honest, terrifying. I'm a big fan of being able
to make your own patterns, and I've been slowly learning how to do
that for knitting and crochet in such a way that it makes sense to other people.
I'm
finding that I draw inspiration increasingly from old movies, the
ones shown on TCM. I love old movies, I love new movies, I just like
movies. Some of my favorites have costumes designed by Edith Head,
though I've not seen many films with her work in them. I also adore
Peter O'Toole, Alan Alda, and Kirk Douglas. Odd taste for someone my
age, but they're all so fantastic at what they do that I can't help
but enjoy everything I've seen of them
I
live with two cats, Cassandra and Calliope. We've been together
since they were 6 months old in 2006. They are litter mates and
sisters and they seem to enjoy my yarn as much as I do. Except for
anything I make them; they are cats after all.
I'm not employed by anyone that makes or sells crafting supplies of any kind, but since I use an awful lot of different crafting tools I'll do my best to give commentary or review of the tools where ever it seems to make sense to do so. I'll also tell you exactly what I used for my crafts as often as possible. Again, I am a scientist, not a professional crafter, and I don't benefit in any way from telling you whose products I use or where I got them. I try to be as descriptive as possible so that you can reproduce anything I make which sometimes works best if you know the exact components.
I'm not employed by anyone that makes or sells crafting supplies of any kind, but since I use an awful lot of different crafting tools I'll do my best to give commentary or review of the tools where ever it seems to make sense to do so. I'll also tell you exactly what I used for my crafts as often as possible. Again, I am a scientist, not a professional crafter, and I don't benefit in any way from telling you whose products I use or where I got them. I try to be as descriptive as possible so that you can reproduce anything I make which sometimes works best if you know the exact components.
