While I really love knitting, there’s something more… instant gratification about sewing. It’s some work to cut the fabric and seam it all together, but overall it goes much faster than trying to stitch up a blanket or a sweater. I can’t show you the full finished product, yet, as…
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Tucked away in a little fabric storage box in the used-to-be-craft-room-now-becoming-baby-room I found this in-progress blanket project. I think it’s the Moderne Baby Blanket? I started it forever ago when I thought we would try the foster-to-adoption route, before those plans changed. I have a handspun shawl in progress at…
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January. Bitter cold, and we’re stuck indoors more than I’d like. A few weeks ago we had ridiculously cold temperatures that even my fancy snow boots weren’t warm enough for. The poor pup danced around from paw to paw trying to keep them off the ground, it was so cold.…
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Fall in Ohio. My sister, my nephew, and my niece. Perfect excuse to get outside and play with some photography. I think I came home with some good shots, and I know my sister will love them regardless. I’m far from a professional photographer, and I think Mother Nature makes…
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I can’t remember the last time I decorated the house for fall. It was probably sometime around when the stepson was still living with us. Every year, when school started, it put me in the mood to decorate even though it was August. It took me a bit to…
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I hate to admit it, but I’m just so utterly uninspired lately. Nothing strikes my fancy. I’ve picked up and put down more knitting projects lately than I care to admit. I’ve spent countless hours trolling the internet for new projects,recipes, ideas, etc. I just want something – anything – to reignite…