est. 2024 · made with my hands

Welcome to my messy little
craft journal.

Yarn under my chair. Clay under my fingernails. Sawdust somewhere I cannot account for. The honest log of a person who makes too many things at once, writing them down so they don't disappear.

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Lately, in the studio

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🧶 Knitting

I tried to knit a sweater. It is, definitively, a scarf now (and I'm calling that growth).

Three frogs. Two cries. One epiphany about kitchener stitch. Here is what I learned about gauge, gravity, and the dignity of a project that knows what it wants to be.

May 12, 20269 min read
🌸 Polymer clay

Tiny mushroom earrings at 11pm.

Sleep-deprived. Cute. Absolutely worth it.

Apr 285 min read
🪵 Wood

A shelf. Level. Proud.

Hardware store guy said 'good luck' with That Tone.

Apr 156 min read
🧵 Crochet

Gerald the frog, in 47 rounds.

He has opinions. He lives on my desk.

Apr 34 min read
🎨 Paint

Watercolour florals (with unsolicited help).

Small hands, big opinions. I called it 'collaborative'.

Mar 225 min read
🔨 Reno

Tiling a backsplash. Day 1 of 'how hard can it be'.

Reader: the answer was 'meaningfully harder'.

Mar 87 min read
Currently making

On the worktable,
this week.

The very honest log of what I'm actually making right now, including the parts where I forgot to take a "before" photo. Again.

Sarah's reel of emotions during the creative process

Workshop checklist

(today's)
5 OPEN
  • Macramé wall hanging
    mostly knots. occasional doubt.
  • Stained-glass nightlight
    finished, except the cord. need a cord.
  • Walnut spice rack
    sanded twice. unclear why.
  • Watercolour florals series
    small hands involved. calling it collaborative.
  • Cottage shed paint job
    magenta won. always magenta.
Mini Sarah holding a hammer and a woodplank
About the maker

I make things — mostly badly — until I make them well.

I'm Sarah. Self-taught everything-er. I live in a small place with two small people and one of those squeaky studio chairs you never get around to fixing.

This blog is where I write down what I'm learning, in case it's useful to you, and so I stop forgetting which dye lot I bought in 2023.

p.s. yes, even the dovetail joints. especially those.

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