I've got so much catching up to do, in terms of the things I finished off my "travel to-make" list. Everything's all sewn up...I just didn't have pictures of anything. This week, my goal is to post something every day, just to get them out into the ether, once and for all. First up: the … Continue reading Up Among the Bloomin’ Heather
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Tea’s Up!
If coffee were to disappear from the face of the earth tomorrow, I would not be alarmed. I rarely drink the stuff. When I do, it's in the rare form of a mocha or similar drink. The disappearance of tea, however, would be a disaster. I love tea. Which is fairly obvious to anyone who … Continue reading Tea’s Up!
Making Progress
I've been chipping away at my "to make" list for Handmade Christmas, and I'm happy to say that I've finished five items, and have five more solidly in the "in progress" column. The best part of the in progress tasks? Two of them are sewing crafts, which tends to be the easiest for me to … Continue reading Making Progress
Flax for Sam
[The title brings to mind the short story "Flowers for Algernon," which just made me sad, and I'm kind of wishing I chose a different title, but nothing else popped into mind so I'll just have to deal with it.] I have finished my first sweater! Huzzah! [Pattern: Flax, from Tin Can Knits. Yarn: Ice Road … Continue reading Flax for Sam
Sweaters for Penguins
No, I'm not really knitting a sweater for a penguin. Unless you count my youngest nephew as one and, honestly, he's about the size of some of them. When I was up in Alaska, I picked up some yarn (Fiber 'n Ice, colorway: Ice Road Trucker) with the extremely optimistic goal of knitting a sweater … Continue reading Sweaters for Penguins
Nerf Guns and Bobbins 