Archive for Lisa

WoFW: Wednesday

For Week of Few Words.  I really lost my focus today.  I can’t seem to get the idea of making a particular hat out of my head.  All I can think about is the yarn I want to buy, and the fine-gauge loom I’d need to really do it right.  I barely managed to tear [...]

WoFW: Tuesday

For Week of Few Words.  Things were accomplished today, some of them being:

Plus a detour into obsessive-compulsive land, which I will be sure to chat about when we are back to our regularly-schedule Weeks of Many Words.

And a hat for the dog - a 15-minute collaborative effort with Eamonn.

WoFW: Monday

For Week of Few Words.  Among the many things I was able to cross off my to-do list today:

Not done with that last one, yet.  Back to the grindstone…

Week of Few Words

I’m planning on having one of those incredibly insane weeks.  And while I love my blogging time, and my picture-taking time, there are more pressing things to attend to.  If I want to blog and play with my camera this week, I will have to do so with a dual purpose. So…
This week, I will [...]

Not so Secret Christmas Crafting

You may remember my totally-inappropriate-for-summer mini-flip-out over having found the perfect Christmas fabric for my seasonal napkins five months ago… Well, today I got started sewing myself a set.  I’d only done one when I took this photo a few hours ago, but I’m up to seven now.
“Sure, Lisa, those look like they will be [...]

Secret Christmas Crafting

Ooh, don’t you think it’s hard to keep quiet, when you have been working on something neat, and you want to show it off, but you can’t because it’s a gift, and the intended recipient is within earshot?  I do!  And while I know I should just pack the project up and put it away [...]

Buying handmade with a purpose

I wanted to point out a few fundraising efforts I have a part in, and hope that you find yourself in a position to help.

First is Claythings for Cassidy, which is happening right now in my own Polka Dot Cottage shop.  50% of the purchase price of anything you buy between now and December 7th [...]

It’s that time again

It’s the time where domestic divas everywhere are mapping out their kitchen battle plans, baking their pumpkin pies, putting together their cranberry relishes, and stuffing their turkeys.  I, as usual, will not be doing any of that.  My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner will begin tomorrow in the late morning.  I will open up my freezer, [...]

Living in a loomy bin

Did you think I meant to write LOONY?  Well, we’re plenty loony around here, but actually, these last few days we’ve also been plenty LOOMY.

While I’ve been cranking out fingerless mitts on my little blue knifty knitter, certain other people have been using the rest of the set as crowns, collars, swords, and chainsaw hands.

My [...]

Obligations

Neil spent the weekend at Philcon, and while he was there, his hotel room was going largely unused.  The boys and I felt obligated not to let that hotel money go to waste, of course, so we took one for the team, packed ourselves up, and drove ninety minutes south on Friday after school.

Ninety minutes [...]