It’s that time of year again: my favorite event has started! No, it’s not Black Friday. Ugh. I don’t like crowds – or even shopping in general. Unless it’s for fiber-related items 🙂 I happy to be one of over 349 (!!) lucky knit and crochet designers that are participating in this event. If you’re […]
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Christmas biscotti
Christmas is only 2 days away. Are you ready? Or did you suddenly discover that someone important was left off your list? If so, I have a great idea for you: make some Christmas biscotti! You can wrap some up in a bag, tie with a ribbon, pair it with a container of good coffee […]
Indie Design Gift-A-Long 2017
It’s that time of year again! The Indie Design Gift-a-long starts on Tuesday! I love this event! Not just because I’m participating as a designer again, but also because of all the great designers and patterns *I* get to discover each year! There are KAL/CALs for all different types of patterns, LOTS of chatter in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Repeat crafting
My mother sent me a link this weekend to a great little article by Franklin Habit. The article is about repetitive knitting – making the same pattern(s) over and over again and how he’s not known for repeating patterns. I’m not either – I rarely make a pattern twice. I’ve made lots of washcloths and afghan squares […]
FO Friday – doll clothes and pincushions
I knew I was close to getting Little Chick’s doll cape done, but it wasn’t quite ready to share last week. On Saturday I finished it and Elsa (Frozen) was the first to try it on. Actually, the cape itself was done, I just needed to mull over how I was going to make some […]
FO Friday – couple of cowls
I’m finding some more projects I made before the end of the year that I never mentioned! The first has an excuse. I made a cowl several months ago intending it for my sister. I was sure I was using the yarn she had chosen … and then I found the real yarn. Oops. […]
FO Friday – Christmas 2015
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a Finished object Friday. I had to refrain from posting a lot of my projects because I was afraid my recipients would see their Christmas gifts. And now … looking back, I’m sure you don’t want to see each individual one, so I’ve created some collages for […]
FO Friday – Summer crafts
Summer is a great time to small projects. Portable projects you can take on trips, to various functions, or even work on in the car over your lunch break :-). Something small – not like small afghans which make you hot while sewing them together. I’m still using up a bunch of my cotton yarn […]