I know, this counts as two posts in one week! However, I didn’t want to detract from my new Mourning Dove Shawl design – and yet, there is so much more I wanted to talk about! It’s the middle of summer and yet I just finished a bulky cowl for this winter. I was making […]
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Sweater Challenge 2017
My local yarn shop (yarnology) held a Sweater Challenge again this year. I tried participating last year, but I kept hitting a sticking point in the front cable of the pattern I chose. It just didn’t look right. Eventually I ended up frogging the whole thing. It’s currently sitting as rewound skeins in a bag […]
Pattern release – Crandall the Cranky Crab
sigh Crandall. He makes me both proud and nostalgic at the same time. You see, this tiny little crab was one of my first designs. Not THE first, but pretty close. He’s waited so patiently for 8 long years to be officially introduced to the world. Or maybe it wasn’t so patiently. Perhaps that is […]
FO Friday (er, Saturday)
Apparently it’s been a while since I’ve shared any of the crafting projects I have been working on. I found oodles of pictures – some back to Christmas time! In an earlier post, I talked about the socks my sister received before Christmas. I love making hats and I find they’re an easy gift to […]
Christmas Crickets
There probably is a story about Christmas and Crickets (update: The Cricket on the Hearth), but the crickets I’m referring to here are related to the fact that this site has been silent the last couple of weeks. We celebrated an extended Thanksgiving weekend with family, decorated Christmas trees in 3 locations, attended a birthday […]
Crafting #bizwins
I can not begin to tell you how much I have learned in the last 10 months about business in general, craft businesses, marketing and promotion! Sometimes my head is swimming with all that I’ve learned – and how much I realize I still could learn. One of my business guru “idols” is Tara Swiger. […]
FO Friday – swaps and 5-year-old crafting
I’m trying to stay away from Craftster swaps this month. I have too many other things to do with my design work, family time, a mini-vacation, etc. Of course I said I was too busy in June too but do you think that stopped me? No… The same thing I love about the Designers’ Challenges […]
FO Friday – stitch markers
At the end of May I accomplished two brave goals. One was to publish my Trinity Cabled pillows. The other was to finally get some stock into the ASimpleHomestead Etsy shop! I’ve been making a variety of different types of stitch markers for a while now. In the past I gave several away to friends […]
FO Friday – beanies and booties
It may be warm outside, but I’ve been on a hat kick lately again. A couple of nights ago I finished a hat for a swap. Yes, another swap. I just can’t seem to stay away. This hat is traveling to Germany even though she did say she was sweating this week :-). It’s my […]
FO Friday – designing up a storm
I haven’t posted a Finished Object Friday in quite a while and I didn’t want you to be alarmed. I still have hook or pair of needles in my hands practically every single day. I’ve also been working on some other non-fiber projects. I signed up for a swap in April. I swore I wasn’t […]