String-Or-Nothing

The merino/possum wool shoulder shawl turned out to be one of the quickest completing projects I’ve done in a while. It took only four evenings to knit. For the record again, I used a wonderful...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/04/22/savage-blocking/

Fueled by Friend Kim who surprised me with a yarn gift, I dawdle a bit more in the Land of Knitting. I’ve done a ton of socks since finishing my Unstitched Coif submission – 14 pairs to be pr...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/04/18/playing-with-possum/

I’ve been tidying up my closets and drawers. I stumbled across a couple of items that I haven’t worn in a long time. Luckily they still fit well enough, so they’ve been rescued and added to...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/04/08/looking-back-at-an-old-project/

Once again a chance image on Facebook throws me into a frenzy of charting. The Friends of Sheffield Manor group posted this image of Elizabeth Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsberry. attributed to the...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/03/08/elizabeth-hardwick-on-bias/

Friend Craig posted a memory last week, and re-shared a chart he adapted from one of the Siebmacher modelbooks – from the 1611 edition. It got me to thinking. Those heraldic style charted bands...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/02/28/a-supporting-cast-of-griffins/

Special thanks to Karen over at the Elizabethan Costume group on Facebook, who visited the current “Holbein at the Tudor Court” exhibit a the Queen’s Gallery, and came away with an assortme...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/02/23/a-holbein-collar/

Among my other projects, I’m working away on sequels to my two book series. Those who know me know better than to ask when they will be released, but progress is being steadily made on The Th...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/02/08/valentines-day-2024/

It happens that this week a couple of people have stumbled upon this old unfinished sampler that now hangs on my Wall of Shame.  It’s unfinished because I had started it as a wedding present ...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/01/29/file-folder-archaeology/

I’m working happily away on what will become my replacement cushion cover. I decided that rather than cutting shapes and then stitching them, it would be easier to stitch on a larger piece of...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/01/22/a-new-cluster-of-heresies/

Now that the spawn are off on their own, I have been able to claim one of their rooms as my office. I’m especially lucky, I know because I also have a room in the basement dedicated to sewing...

https://string-or-nothing.com/2024/01/19/beginnings-chair-rescue-in-used-denim/