Posted in Easter, Felted Sweaters, For Babies & Kids, Holidays, knitting, Sewing on Apr 10th, 2013
What kid doesn’t love a pocket-sized friend? I made these tiny bunnies for the girls on Easter. (from a free pattern! Details on my ravelry project page) I tried to keep them a secret as I knitted tiny bodies and skinny little arms and legs. I bravely knit in front of the girls, knowing they [...]
Posted in Celebrate, For Babies & Kids, Holidays, knitting, Mittens, sweaters, Valentine's Day on Feb 14th, 2013
It seems I can’t avoid setting deadlines for myself. I woke up on February 1st and asked Mike “Do you think it’s doable for me to knit Carys a sweater and Sairshe some socks by Valentine’s Day?” I didn’t add that I also wanted to squeeze in the fingerless gloves for him that had been [...]
Posted in Felted Sweaters, For Babies & Kids, knitting, socks, Winter on Jan 29th, 2013
January is so nice. It may be my favorite month. Christmas with all it’s holiday craft-show and present-making frenzy is over, the kids have lots of beautiful new things to entertain them, my birthday (and that of my lovely mother) are this month, my job is pretty mellow and there’s lots of time for knitting [...]
Posted in For Babies & Kids, knitting, sweaters on Oct 17th, 2012
Last month I had an all-day workshop to sit through and late the night before I decided that I should bring something with me to knit since I get antsy just sitting for long blocks of time. I picked some wool yarn ( a discontinued Anny Blatt yarn) I had in the closet and quickly [...]
My Dad’s birthday was last weekend so I was able to give the first knitted gift of the season. He lives in southern California so he doesn’t need super warm gear but he also lives right by the beach and he’s often outside in the evenings. I whipped up these fingerless gloves for him in [...]
Posted in Autumn, Create, knitting, Seasons on Nov 9th, 2009
What’s not to love? The cool weather, pumpkin pie and leaves changing color are all wonderful but what I also love are all the sweaters! Everywhere I go I see fabulous knitwear that makes my closet seem boring. Okay, my closet’s not too boring but I can’t stop coveting other people’s sweaters, hats and scarves. [...]
Posted in Create, knitting, Mittens, socks on May 13th, 2009
First I want to thank you all for the nice comments, emails, and tweets about my new website. I’m still adding some pictures to it and tweaking it a little but I’m really excited about it. I have several finished items that I’ve neglected to share on the blog. I keep wearing them and forgetting [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Create, Holidays, knitting, Sewing, sweaters, Valentine's Day on Feb 16th, 2009
I love this little dress! Like everything I’ve knit recently, it’s making wasn’t without a near-disaster. It was almost ruined when I put it on the little ungrateful toddler and she had a screaming fit and yanked at it so hard that she totally stretched out the buttonholes and I was afraid for the hand-stitching. [...]
I had a birthday and Washington threw a big party! It was for Obama, I know but it was fun to celebrate with the rest of the country. Whether you voted for him or not, weren’t you at least a little glad to see someone without the Bush name take the office? I like this [...]
You do not know how happy it makes me to be done with this sweater! It started about 2 years ago with Mike picking out his yarn, and hours spent finding The Right Pattern. He settled on the Spartan Pullover from IK, but wanted it to be a cardigan and the design at the bottom [...]
