There’s been too much crafting and not enough blogging going on around here! I’ve been especially focused on sewing lately, because I’m trying to finish up a few things to bring along on vacation.
I have a real love/hate relationship with craft deadlines, it seems. On the one hand, over-extending myself around Christmas time can be […]

I’m entering the home stretch with the Lace Trim Bolero from the Vogue Knitting spring 2005 issue. It’s a good thing because (a) I want to be able to wear it on our cruise next month, (b) I’ve heard that the new Interweave Knits summer issue will be hitting my mailbox any day now. The […]

Guess what soft furry animals were hanging out at the state fairgrounds this weekend?

I don’t know if you know this, but I’ve had a sudden onset recently of alpaca love. If these aren’t some of the most adorable animals you’ve ever seen, then I don’t know what else to say about them.
We met these guys […]

My wish to see the Knit New York cafe has been granted! Here I am grabbing a few minutes to knit and nibble on a cranberry scone before we headed into the office on Monday morning.

But wait, there’s more! I was gushing about how cool the cafe was to some of my co-workers, and I […]

Don’t get me wrong. I still love the Clapotis project… a lot. This may end up being one of my favorite things I’ve made so far. BUT this running out of yarn thing has got to stop!
I picked up 5 balls (about 500 yards) of Reynolds Odyssey at my local yarn store’s big winter clearance […]

Exciting! I’m going to New York on Monday for work, and although it looks like I won’t get to see much of the city (boo), there is a good chance that I will get to pop in here. It’s so great to be traveling with a co-worker who knits!
I have friends who travel often for […]

After being moved 3 times in as many years, our poor piano finally got a proper tuning this morning. I’d forgotten how cool it is to see the whole instrument opened up like that.
I bought the piano from a co-worker of my mom who was moving and didn’t want to deal with the big, […]

Well, sort of. I don’t want to spoil anything for those who may not have seen the latest Lost episode yet, but did you notice the MacGyverish use of a knitting needle by Dr. Jack? Whoa.
So someone on the plane was a knitter, evidently. Wonder if there were any more needles or yarn recovered. […]

This isn’t literally the first flower of spring around here. Sadly I missed my opportunity to get a photo of last week’s crocuses, which are now croaked. So here’s the second flower of spring: hyacinth. Ta da!

This is the Amy Butler Swing Bag pattern made using a couple of fabrics from her Ginger Bliss collection. I’ve been hoarding her stuff in my stash for months. Now that I’ve finally made the first cut, I don’t see an end in sight! This one is (probably) going to my mom for her birthday […]