I picked up the premiere issue of a new craft magazine today. My two first impressions are (1) I like it, and (2) whoa, this must be sponsored by Hancock Fabrics. For some reason #2 is a bit of a bummer, but that’s mostly just because I have yet to find an HF store where […]

Finally! I’m taking part in the wonderful Self-Portrait blogging activity. This month’s theme is identity. Although knitting and sewing are my primary passions these days, I also have a life-long love of baking as these photos show. Here I am at age three preparing something imaginary and delicious.

Baking suits my personality in much the same […]

We watched Alton Brown’s episode about avocados the other day on the Food Network in which he makes avocado butter, frosting, and ice cream. Kate happens to be an ice cream guru (his specialty is homemade green tea ice cream), so he decided to give the ice cream a whirl. Here it is with chocolate […]

I happened to find this adorable little story book about Miffy the bunny at the dollar store the other day, and I thought it would be perfect for a Christmas project that I want to put together for my niece. I want to make a nap time pillow for her with pockets to hold a […]

This is my take on the Coronet pattern from Knitty. I thought it was a really fun project that comes out looking very pretty. However, there was one part of the instructions that baffled me where the directions say to pick up stitches around the cabled band with the wrong side facing. That seemed backwards, […]

I gave this oversized tote bag to my little sister for her birthday. She’s a teacher, and she loves to have big bags for carrying all those papers and books.
It’s pretty much just a basic lined tote with a reinforced bottom. This one was actually going to be my prototype, but once I added the […]

Well, I’m realizing that while the blog that’s in my imagination is great, the one that exists here has been sorely lacking. It’s not that I haven’t been doing anything, though. So it’s about time that I made some small effort to bring things back up to date.
This is the Flora scarf from Knitty.com. Pardon […]