I Need to Be Outside
69 degrees, sunshine, light breeze, no school. Please take a moment to check out one of my favorite photo sites- Mortal Muses. My resolution is nestled in the middle (num. 9)…
50mm | knitting | linkage | photography | shows | thinking out loud
Season Three Swatching
I made my husband watch Downton Abbey’s season premiere Sunday night. Just cause. He asked lots of patronizing questions and nodded to my answers with affected interest. I don’t mind,…
50mm | cheap stuff | family | knitting | linkage | photography
Blessed Sweater
Forget sweater curses; this sweater is blessed. It’s made with love for the man I love who has tolerated knitting needles left in dangerous places, has payed for yarn I…
family | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | new to me | phoneography | thinking out loud
Sweater Curses
Quick, what thoughts enter your mind when you hear the term “sweater curse?” Witchcraft? A sweater with an intarsia “#@!!” worked on the front of it? Bill Cosby? Me,…
cheap stuff | craft | knitting | linkage | shows
Black Swan
I really needed this. It’s Black Swan by Tara Shade and it was the thing that took my mind off of a holiday flu/ migraine bummer. Big needles are like my grandmother’s…
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Why Do Sewing Needles Scare Me?
Maybe it’s the cut-offs I tried to hem in high school; they ended up shorter in front than in back. Or it may be the lining I sewed into this…
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Recycling a Sweater
Years ago, I read an article about recycling thrift store sweaters by Ashley Martineau. I promptly went out and bought a rubbermaid tub full of thrift store sweaters to unravel.Two…
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Two Accessories in the “Before” Stage
I mentioned that I got stuff in my last post. One of these giveaways was on Katie Canavan’s blog for enough yarn to knit her Scallop of the Sea clutch,…
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Where’s my Stuff?
Remember Melanie Hutsell’s “Where’s my stuff!?” bit on SNL? I don’t blame you if you skipped it, but it takes me back to my first election to ever participate in,…
diy | homemaking | linkage
Sofa Hack
We needed a couch, one that could withstand growing people who flop rather than sit and a cat’s occasionally claw honing. I kept going back to this and this; only, I knew this…