Sometimes after the kids use my camera for their stop-motion animations, I forget to re-do the settings and my photos turn out grainy....
going with the grain
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Knitting
deep forest
I love woodsy stuff...moss and lichen, ferns, old tree bark, acorns and fallen leaves. My new Coquille shawl reminds me exactly of those...
Faux-tographic Sweater Knits
Yesterday I dashed into Michaels craft store to pick up a few things. I'm not too much of a "big box" store shopper, but sometimes it's a...
big fat yarn
I've been experimenting with making big fat yarn out of old sweaters and re-knitting it on giant knitting needles... See? Isn't it fun? I...
knitting report
About a week ago I finished knitting my lovely Vaya shrug. You may remember it from my *I love green* post. This light little sweater will...
what I did on summer vacation
Hello sweet bloggie friends! We are home now from our week long vacation at our favorite place on earth! You regular readers know that...
bizzy bizzy
When it's quiet here on the blog, that usually means that it's bizzy behind the scenes. I wish I could do it all: family time, work time,...
i love green
It's no secret that I love the color green. I was looking around my studio and noticed the repetition of a particular kind of green....
itchy
The yarn is not itchy, it's me. I feel kinda itchy when I've got nothing on my needles! Do you ever feel that way? I usually work for a...
my darlin’ clementines
Oh m'darlin'! I finally finished knitting the pair of socks I started in 2008. Ok, well, at least it was the end of 2008. I can't make up...
Snow-my-gosh!
Whoa. What a winter weekend. Even after having grown up in the Midwest and living a large part of my adult life in Wisconsin, I have never...
finally finished
I's like to share with you my finally finished Shalom Cardi! (You may remember my first attempt, which I did not rip out but gifted to a...
knit-WIP
Ok guys, after all of your super helpful and supportive knitting comments, I'm back at it. This is the start of my second (ok, third!)...
some knitting
I got distracted from my honey comb hat and scarf and knit a few other things instead. These are the sweet little baby booties by Susan B...
brownie blues
Last week I finished some knitting. This is a scarf for the men in the house. (We've plenty of scarves, but most of them are pink and...
closely knit
Even though my brothers and I live hundreds of miles apart from each other, I consider us to be a closely knit family. This winter I did a...
sumthin about knittin
After I made my felted scarflette, one of my commenters mentioned that she sells a similar pattern for a knit cabled neck warmer in her...
mo’ betta
Thanks guys. Feeling a little better now. The Dr. called back (8 hours later, but who's counting) with a new prescription for my little...
new hat
Ok, so remember my plan to knit this hat? Well, I knit it, then I frogged it. The yarn combo was too thin to make gauge and it turned out...
beanies for beantown
Since I finished my socks last trip, I'm going to need to bring along some new knitting with me tomorrow when I head to Boston. I've been...
some things finished, some things started
I finally finished knitting my first attempt at a pair of socks! The phrase 'first attempt' is a little misleading, what with all of the...
feeling fall and kind of nutty
I've really been enjoying our CSA food share from our local farms this year. I'm amazed at the beautiful produce that arrives in our box...
six with sticks
Summer's winding down and school starts for my kids next week. The summer sped by, didn't it? I was just scrolling through my photos from...
call me jane*
I finished my first sock! Here it is in it's fresh-off-the-needles unblocked zany glory. I started it on vacation. This was actually my...