Tales of Homeschool

In spite of the busy-ness of preparing for White Christmas, we managed to put together a few handmade Christmas gifts. I made a moebius...

Scarlet Pimpernel  is opening in a couple of days, and as of last weekend they didn't have enough dresses for the wedding scene.  T...

Everything we were supposed to do today got cancelled.  As a matter of fact, most of it was cancelled last night before the snow even st...

I've been sewing  the Linda pant from StyleArc patterns .  I've made 3 pairs since Christmas, and am ready to start prepping fabric...

Long time no blog!  While we were in silent mode,  we have:  Visited Santa Saw Wicked  at the Fox.  It was excellent. Also, ...

Before the Halloween costume sewing, I was working on  Simplicity 2689  for Annabeth.  She wanted it tunic length.  It still needs a hem (y...

A couple of things recently finished around here: February Lace Scarf in one skein of Lorna's Laces Shepherd's Sport.  I think ...

Annabeth went to a birthday party earlier this week.  She made a scarf for her friend out of fabric she found in the basement, plus some  p...

I finally finished my rendition of Selfish Seamstress's Envy Scarf . I used the exact same yarn she did (less need to think about the d...

This week in knitting class we talked about: Kitchener stitch . I just showed them the example so they'd know it exists, and discussed ...