I’m getting ready to leave on a family trip in a week or so, and thus begins my dithering over what to bring. Of course, I’m not worried about clothes, much to the annoyance of a number of my family members- I’m worried about what to bring to do. Unlike many of us, I have… Continue reading Leaving
So it’s been awhile, because I’m distractable. And I have a lack of bandwidth. And I struggle to define what makes me unique enough to write a blog. A blog about…. knitting ,crochet, baking, animals, birds, pattern writing, weird neighbors, cool neighbors, political issues, reading and books. Or thereabouts. There are probably more things to… Continue reading Oh yeah, the blog!
We have recently brought Taproot Magazine to our shop, and I have to say, it’s delightful to be able to find it somewhere I spend so much of my time. I used to find Taproot (Inspiration For Makers, Doers & Dreamers) at our local Barnes & Nobel and for awhile I had a subscription. I… Continue reading Taproot Lemon Honey Yogurt Cupcakes
My best friends growing up were named Ted and Teddy. Ted was small and brown, with a little felt tongue he couldn’t keep in his mouth for some reason. Teddy was a little larger, grey and white, with a big black nose. They went nearly everywhere with me, were locked in the office filing cabinet… Continue reading Teddy Goes Green(ish)
For the last several years I’ve run up run up a flight of stairs in an old house to visit the local yarn shop owned by my dear friend Marty. I had toyed for years with buying the shop when Marty was ready to retire, but I have a large family and a tendency to… Continue reading The Yarn Shop Upstairs
Our squirrels have been in the wars over the last few weeks, and it’s making me sad. The cold makes all kinds of problems aside from it just being painfully cold, and I’m currently feeding several individuals with injuries made all the more unpleasant thanks to the temperatures, which have been hovering too often around… Continue reading Squirrel Society
I was asked a year or so ago to design a small pattern- a tarot card bag- and then things got crazy (we had a big storm you may not have heard about and were in the middle of pandemic) and we moved on. The pattern has been sitting in my files, though, so I… Continue reading Free Pattern on Ravelry
My 4 year old daughter has been asking for a cowl or scarf to match a particular one of mine, and so I have made her one. In the process, I posted a couple photos, as you do, and had the usual questions about the stitch. Wicker Stitch is also called Criss Cross Stitch, and… Continue reading Wicker Stitch
A few weeks ago, I ordered a quarantine kit from Furls Crochet. I’ve been wanting to try one of their hooks, but wasn’t all in on the cost (and I love my clover armour hooks), so the quarantine kit- which included patterns and a skein of their Whims Merino, and a Streamline Swirl hook was… Continue reading The Big Hug Monster and Furls Crochet Review
It was 1989, and I was struggling through the sewing project I had chosen for the final project in Home Ec that year. Not having been raised in a house with a working sewing machine had clearly stunted my growth in this area. I sewed the pocket on in the region of the armpit.… Continue reading Home Ec
Wren & Starling 