Archive for loom knitting
One for me, seven for you
Ok, technically, the one that’s for me isn’t even for me to keep – it’s for my MIL, and it’s part of her birthday gift. I went back to my trusty little blue Knifty Knitter loom this week and made my very favorite neckwarmer pattern: Cashmere Neckwarmer [the only link I can find is to [...]
continue reading "One for me, seven for you"A shawl, a shirt, and a touch of madness
I have to thank you all for the feedback on my partially-completed shawl. I was on the fence about splurging for the materials to finish the project, and your comments gave me a lot of food for thought… So, I bought the other two skeins and finished the shawl. But not before I ripped out [...]
continue reading "A shawl, a shirt, and a touch of madness"Mr. Woolhat
Whatever would we do without Netflix? Well, we certainly wouldn’t be introducing our children to old episodes of The Monkees. And by extension, I most definitely would not be knitting a green wool hat with a pom-pom on top for my older son. But, we do have Netflix, and we have been renting The Monkees, [...]
continue reading "Mr. Woolhat"Striped Sock Puppet
My six-year-old’s buddy had a birthday party today, and we wanted to make him something special. Enter our friend Sock Puppet. We’ve made a few of these before, but this time I thought I’d share the steps here, in case you’d like to make your own striped friend. Eamonn chose all of the yarn colors [...]
continue reading "Striped Sock Puppet"Rule of Photography #317
When attempting to get a shot such as this: Don’t ask the six-year-old to press the shutter button.
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