sweetest cozy EVAH.

ok, so maybe i'm biased, but i'm pretty excited about this attempt at a tea cozy. i'm a little unsure how i'll insulate it--i'm a complete hack at this, not measuring, not planning, just letting it evolve. i like to think i'm following in my mom's footsteps; she's said that she doesn't know exactly what she's doing until she's done. i've admired my mom's creativity since i was a little kid, trying to make a giant "S" out of wax, while she created wax models that magically became silver and gold treasures, appearing from the dregs of our basement.

here's my attempt :)

G-rated S-n-B

There was no wine or gossip but there was some much needed creative inspiration from my 9 year old nephew, Matthew. Matthew learned how to knit in school and is totally hooked. Whenever I see him, he pulls out whatever project he's working on with such pride. Right now, he's working on socks. It was so cool. He was going to make a scarf but dropped some stitches and thought it looked like a sock. So, he knit two of them, sewed them together and voila! He had a sock.

lull in craftland

there's been a post-holiday lull at stitch so far in 2006. we've continued to meet each week (almost), but the creative juices aren't flowing. i imagine this is due to the rush to complete x-mas and hanukkah gifts, plus the build-up to the end of the robe saga. my hope is that february will see a surge in crafts, so that we can start posting our results soon.