#obsidiancrafts

Its been a while. Here, the mustard yellow moss stitch sweater, I am redoing it, all over again . I am not even sad, I'm okay when my plans don't work out as planned, I'll just postpone knitting the ruffle dress, the maroon shawl and everything else that I had to do this coming week. #obsidiancrafts (at Nairobi, Kenya)

Knitting journal: I have knitted so many sweaters this year. I smashed my new year goal , and now I hope they are all happy in their new homes. I'm now working on a male sweater, before I embark on my vintage sweaters knitting spree. Ah. Now, I haven't smashed my other new year goals, fitness+ writing daily and I promise ( roll eyes) to work on this. But here, socks, a decent cup of tea and some knitting. #obsidiancrafts (at Nairobi, Kenya)

Texture. #obsidiancrafts (at Nairobi, Kenya)

After unraveling the entire kimono cardigan and beating myself up for this unforgivable sin, I managed to find absolution in starting it all over again and I have made considerable progress. Now, I'm lagging behind on a few other custom orders, but things are finally looking up for me. I recently stumbled upon a vintage patterns knitting book( check my highlights) and I can't wait to start experimenting, though that won't be a few weeks from today. Here, a cup of tea, and my current wip. #obsidiancrafts (at Nairobi, Kenya)

While packaging an order on Thursday night, I realized that I had made a huge mistake on one sleeve, the kind you cannot ignore. You know what I'm doing, unraveling the entire sweater. Ah. Poor me. But look at this beautiful hand woven ( using baobab fiber) bag. #obsidiancrafts (at Nairobi, Kenya)

Would you assume another persons identity, to escape your past? Well, Harry does, and it leads him to prison. I have been living in my long crochet cardigan, and this vibrant mustard is sunshine on a cloudy day. . . . . . . #obsidiancrafts (at Nairobi, Kenya)

Meet the maker. I have never introduced myself here, on this platform, or anywhere else, so here we go. My name is Lorraine. I'm 28 years old. I live in Nairobi, Kenya. I have been crocheting for three years, knitting for two. My favorite knitting needle is 5.5mm My favorite crochet hook, 6mm I love knitting sweaters. I would love to try fair isle knitting. I do not like weaving in ends. There, you have it. What else would you like to know? In this picture, I am wearing a stripped orange knitted tee I made a while back. #obsidiancrafts (at Nairobi, Kenya)

This ruffle sweater dress is working up rather slowly because I have quite a number of priority projects so it usually ends up on the 'next project' pile. Do you have a 'next project' pile? #obsidiancrafts . . . . . . . . . . . . #knitting (at Nairobi, Kenya)