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 [...]
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 [...]
Here they are- my last two finished projects of 2008! I started the mittens when all the snow was still on the ground and Mike complained of not having any mittens. (Note that my kid cried because her hands were cold and she still does not have mittens. Again- What is wrong with me?!)’ I [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Children, Family, Seasons, Winter on Dec 21st, 2008
In the last week we’ve had snow and ice and lots of overreacting byt weather forcasters but this weekend the storm really came! We have about a foot of snow and it’s still coming down. This is Portland, people! We usually get a little snow and some ice but this is nuts. The first …
Posted in Autumn, Celebrate, Eat Well, Local Eating, Places, Portland, Seasons, Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2008
We went to the Apple Celebration at the Portland Nursery last weekend and and tasted over 60 kinds of apples and pears! Luckily we got a paper to write notes on and we learned a lot about apples. We bought a bunch of apples too so next up- applesauce! Even sesame got into the harvest [...]
Posted in Create, For Babies & Kids, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Jun 16th, 2008
I’ve finally written up a pattern for my eyelet skirty (or is it skirtie?) that I’ve been showing you lately. It’s more of a guide than a pattern but it’s free and I don’t think any of you will have any trouble with it. Happy knitting! The pattern is below but I’ve also made …
Posted in Create, For Babies & Kids, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Mar 21st, 2008
It’s 9pm and my baby is still awake. This is not good, people. Not good at all. Do you know what is good? Baby socks. They’re little and cute, super fast to knit and they use up those little balls of leftover sock yarn that never seem to go away. I …
Posted in Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Mar 4th, 2008
Since I first blogged about the tank hat I made for Mike last year, I have had several requests for the chart. I’ve put together a pdf with the chart that you can download here. If you make something with a tank on it, please share a picture with me! Mike wears the hat a [...]
