I don’t know if I’m just more in-tune to it lately, or if there really has been a surge in the popularity of granny squares these last few weeks, but ever since I started work on Eamonn’s blanket, I’m seeing them all over the place. I had intended to show you this new blanket when […]
Read More: Flufy’s Granny Square Blanket, part oneYear: 2012
In the city
I wouldn’t exactly call us country people. We live in a place I’ve seen classified as “outlying suburban” which basically means, “like the suburbs, but with more farms.” Still, whatever it is we are, we’re pretty far from being city people. My kids have a real sense of awe about cities, since we spend so […]
Read More: In the cityThe Principles of Knitting
The friendly people over at Simon and Schuster asked if I’d like to review the newly-revised and updated The Principles of Knitting by June Hemmons Hiatt. And I, being in the middle of knitting my third sweater in five months, happily said, “yes!” I didn’t really know what to expect from this book. I just assumed […]
Read More: The Principles of KnittingDoes this Sweater Make Me Look Fat? (and other questions I really don’t want you to answer)
Ta da! It’s finished. Nice and quickly, too, relatively-speaking. That’s what you get when you choose a pattern that uses bulky yarn and fat needles, and that’s precisely why I chose it! I’ve now made three sweaters in five months, and I must say, at this moment I feel very much OVER knitting in general […]
Read More: Does this Sweater Make Me Look Fat? (and other questions I really don’t want you to answer)Those napkins
I got the urge to deal with them today. Rather suddenly, in fact, while in the midst of packing and shipping orders. I had just taped the last envelope closed, and was weighing the packages in preparation for postage printing, when I had this overwhelming desire to dye those stained napkins. I couldn’t shake it, […]
Read More: Those napkinsVintagey stripe envy
As you may know, we’ve been using cloth napkins around here since 2007. I’ve gone a little loopy over them from time to time (the evidence can be found here, if you need some convincing). I have an everyday set, and three seasonal sets of 20-25 coordinating prints each, and I change them out in […]
Read More: Vintagey stripe envyOde to January
January was… Cinnamon rolls on New Year’s Day A rekindled addiction to polymer-covered pens Cookies when Mom & Dad came to visit A new set of crochet hooks for me A flower-petal crown for my cabled hat Clayathon 2012 A finished sweater for a nearly 12-year-old son The younger’s new cardboard friend The Stirling Hotel’s […]
Read More: Ode to JanuaryUnseasonably Warm, part two
This has been one mild January. Today it was sixty degrees. My boys, who are usually more content indoors than out, burst in the front door this afternoon, dumped their backpacks and jackets on the floor, and flew back out the door to play. I found this one barefoot and had to convince him that […]
Read More: Unseasonably Warm, part twoI’m still here, really.
Please tell me it hasn’t been an entire week since my last post. Oh, how neglected you all must feel. I guess it was just one of those weeks. Usually when I’m busy during the week, I at least have the weekend to spend getting caught up around here, but not this time. It was […]
Read More: I’m still here, really.Pen Affliction
Years ago, after a particularly prolific polymer clay kick, I had a wicker basket filled nearly to the top with clay-covered pens. It was wonderful! I’d run my fingers through them, dump them out, arrange and re-arrange them on the floor… sometimes by color, sometimes by pattern, sometimes in a gloriously long rainbow. But eventually […]
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