Piggybacking on my post from the other day, and revealing a bit more of my inherent dorkiness, I’m going to tell you a little story, but first, some background… When I first started knitting, I fell fast and I fell hard. It just spoke to me, in a way my previous crafty obsessions never really had. The only problem was, …
A shared obsession
When you have kids, you wonder how much of you is going to transfer to them. You hope that they get your good, and that your bad is skipped over (or, maybe not your BAD, but those parts of yourself that aren’t your favorites – even something as simple as, “I hope my kids don’t have my super dry skin,” …
Knit it: A Stockinette Hug
This pattern, called A Stockinette Hug, came about during a 12-hour hang-out and planning session JJ and I had in readiness for the class we taught at Wool n Wares a few weeks ago. We met at 9:30am, and JJ walked out the door at 10pm. What a day! We did talk about the class. And life. And knitting. And …
Too hot to knit? NEVER!
It’s hot here in PDX. Like, really, really hot. Like, yucky, uncomfortably hot. Like, over 100 degrees hot. So what does one knit when it’s too hot to knit? How about a shawlette? I’ve got a few one-skein, fingering-weight shawlette patterns that are mindless enough to knit when your brains are melting, but perfect for Fall wearing or holiday gift-giving. …
Knit it: The Piedras Collection
Wow. Today was a big day for me. I released a project I’ve been working on for a very long time (and, in fact, was absolutely finishing a few things while on our big road trip from my last few posts) – my Malabrigo Freelance Pattern Project! It’s called the Piedras Collection. You can get the whole she-bang for $15, …
Summer Road Trip, part 5 – heading home
And then that was it. It was time to head home. Well, right before we headed home, we celebrated 9 years of marriage. Bonkers! On our way home, we took a small trip down memory lane, in Williams, California, to the place we spent one crazy summer, living at a tomato processing plant, hauling tomatoes from 8pm to 8am every …
Summer Road Trip, part 4
San Diego was, as San Diego can’t help but be, amazing. We played hard and slept hard in Southern California. Auntie Jill taught Hazel how to sew, and they made an adorable quilt for lovies. (She made one for Astrid, too, but we wisely did NOT allow Astrid anywhere near the sewing machine). Both girls got to ride on a …
Summer Road Trip, part 3: Legoland!
After LA, we headed down to San Diego to spend a few days with more family. Cousin Maggie works at this magical place called Legoland, and, together with her mom and sister, took us there for the day. It was so.much.fun. Stefan fulfilled his life-long dream of flying an airplane. I fulfilled my life-long dream of eating fried green apples. …
Summer Road Trip, part 2
The second part of this Road Trip Travelogue takes place in the city of angels, where we spent 5 days with college friends and family, and at an amazing and beautiful wedding of two very special folk. Is there anything in the world better than grandparent snuggles? These two certainly don’t think so. New friends on a beach so much …
Summer Road Trip, part 1
We had a big trip at the end of June – we drove from Portland, to Coos Bay, to Sacramento, to Los Angeles, to San Diego, visiting loved ones along the way, and then we drove the whole.way.home in three long hot days. It was a great trip – the girls played with so many kids, we reconnected with so …
The answer to my rip or knit quandry
Thanks to everyone who chimed in here or on Facebook – you all have helped so much, even though you’re completely split down the middle. How does that help, you ask? How do I decide to rip or knit if the very metrics by which I was making my decision say that I should do neither, or both? Well, that’s …
Groupthink help
Years ago, I had an idea for a pattern. I grabbed three skeins of Knitted Wit‘s gorgeous Single Fingering, and started knitting. I knit. And knit. And knit. And then I decided it would be amazing to offer the pattern in different gauges, so I grabbed three skeins from my stash and started knitting, and before I knew it, I …