Hello world: Tina

So here’s the backstory:

A few nights ago, I was perusing Ravelry for information on how to dye yarns with natural products. A pretty neat project, I think, but one that, according to the literature, I should avoid doing in my kitchen. Since you have to mordant your yarn in some kind of substance that may or may not emit toxic fumes, and then boil it in a bath of natural ingredients that may be smelly, or, again, toxic. It’s best to do this outside, or in your craft barn, or wherever you might partake in the creative arts.

This presents a bit of a problem, see, if you’re like me and live in a 1BR apartment in the city. I only have one kitchen, which is also my living room (I believe the correct real estate term for that is: open) and a shared back yard. It’s an even tricker situation when you factor into it pets who like to help out (see Annie, above, and Roxy, whose paw graces our masthead).

It becomes intimidating when it seems like everyone else in the craft world who has attempted your project has a ginormous backyard or a craft barn– or both! How’s a girl-in-the-world like me supposed to compete with that?

I have big craft plans. Mostly of the knitting variety. I just learned in November of 2007 after a long-forgotten attempt to make an owl in the 4th grade. My mom has knit since she was in high school, maybe even before that (oh, but that’s another post for another time). Sometimes, I have been known to get my Gocco on. I’ve done some sewing projects, but let’s not talk about those, umkay?