The rain season has started

I know it’s been a while since my last post.  I had a lovely month last month, mostly at the cabin.  September has had a bit of a rough start since I had some surgery (nothing too bad, not fun though) and I’m recovering slowly.  It was dental surgery so I’m stuck eating soft foods [...]

Gone be back soon

We are off the cabin and I’ll be back from my little over a month hiatus (that started in mid June) soon.  Keep knitting and drink lots of water with all this heat!!

Three yr. Blogiversary

A Very Merry Blogiversary to me, who me, yes you. Lol got the Mad Hatter stuck in my head today. So it’s been three years since I’ve been blogging about my crafting both crochet and knitting. Since I’ve started knitting it’s mostly been about knitting. So it [...]

Decisions, decisions

So I’ve been hit by another bad case of startitis.  I’m trying to stop the mad cast on urges.  I already have too many projects on my needles Here’s a list of the  active WIP that I currently have I’m not adding UFO’s on it because that would take way too long right now!

Mountain Peaks [...]

Biding my time

I want to start this post first by thanking my downstream SP 13 pal Ruth, she sent me the most fantastic thank you package!  She makes these awesome stitch savers (many LYS’s sell them, so does the Loopy Ewe or you can purchase one and get it personalized at her etsy store) She made me [...]

Finish or Frog it Friday — Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks Scarf

I am starting to feel more human and now have a lot of packages to send in the post or get ready to send in the post in the next week. I apologize to everyone who is eagerly awaiting swap packages and thanks for your patience.

I’ve been meaning to participate in Finishing/Frogging Friday for a [...]

The Good, the bad and the oohhh shiny

Gaaahh, it’s January 29th, where did all the time go?  I’ve been meaning to blog for over a week now and it’s just feels like a few days!
I have some good news and some bad news.  I finished my Frances Revisited and it’s beautiful.  The bad news is I knit the wrong size and now [...]

Cocoa Swap Scavenger Hunt Answers

1. Who wants to try plant fibers? Emily
2. Who wants to learn to crochet? Michelle
3. Who collects yarn (Don’t we all!)? Penny
4. Who loves yellow? Alicia
5. Who doesn’t like fruit flavors? Jenn
6. Who loves Malabrigo (who doesn’t??? hahaha) ? Ruth
7. Who has one mitt to go to finish [...]

A New Year and a new case of Startitis

So I have been hit by a serious case of Startitis.  So far in January, I have casted on 2 pairs of socks (one is not in Raverly nor pictured in the pile below), a sweater Frances Revisited, a lace scarf Alhandra, pair of convertible gloves Tornado, mitered square sock yarn blanket (this project I [...]

Baby it’s “cowled” outside ;-)

What a fast knit this lovely cowl has been. I’m now done and the ends have been weaved in. I’m still deciding if I should block this cowl or not until then I’m wearing this baby and not taking it off.
Pattern: The Shapely Cowl by Amy Swenson (not free, but available on [...]