Archive for the ‘General’ Category
I’ve been on a bit of a designing kick lately and have been charting, swatching, and writing like mad. Unfortunately, most of these projects will have to be kept to myself until closer to their release dates, but for now, here’s a peek at my latest swatch: Yarn is Knit Picks Stroll (75% Superwash Merino, [...]
My day job has been throwing extra hours on top of my usual shifts and, quite honestly, it’s been driving me a bit batty. Lately it feels like I spend most of my time there! This simply will not do, so I decided to take advantage of my single day off this week and head [...]
Once all of our shopping desires were fulfilled, we got around to doing what we had really come up to do… relax and have some fun! One day, we took Mischa with us on a short hike around Mill Lake and by Feather River. Another day, my husband took me horseback riding with a small [...]
Life was getting pretty hectic around here, so the husband and I recently decided to drop everything and head off on an impromptu vacation. We packed our bags, buckled Mischa into the backseat, and headed off. Our destination? Graeagle, California, a quaint little town tucked away between the Tahoe and Plumas National Forests. We’ve been [...]
I picked up some beautiful celosia plumosa seedlings for our bedroom window planter. Hopefully the cats will leave them alone long enough for them to grow lush and colorful (don’t worry… the plants are safe for the feline pests to ingest). I also purchased a new knitting bag and some cute journals to keep track [...]
This should be the last of the Stitches West related posts, thank goodness. I didn’t think that I would have quite this much to talk about, but that has turned out not to be the case. One of my favorite booths this year was Little Red Bicycle / Femme Fatale Fibers. Not only do both [...]
Continuing on with my adventures at Stitches West… After Wabi Sabi, I stopped by the Girl on the Rocks booth. There were a ton of cute little knitting/fiber accessories there that caught my eye, but before coming to the convention I had decided to stick with entirely fiber this year. I stuck to my word [...]
This past weekend I was able to attend Stitches West for the first time. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but thanks to some sage advice from the girls at Purlescence Yarns (bring water and take it slow) and a bit of pre-planning on my part (mapped out the booths I wanted to visit first), [...]
January is certainly flying by, isn’t it? I could have sworn that it was just yesterday that we were waiting for the clock to strike midnight so that we could welcome in a brand new year. I have decided that this year will be the year of the stash. I intend to slow down on [...]
What an incredibly busy past three months it has been! Now that all of the holiday craziness is over and dealt with, I find I suddenly have the time to sit back and relax… at least for a little while. I know my shoulder certainly appreciates the down time! I didn’t realize just how much [...]
Things have been a bit quiet around here this last month and for good reason! I’ve been spending most of my free time knitting away in an attempt to get all of my Christmas gifts done on time. I am now mostly done, thankfully. Six scarves are finished with one left to go (it has [...]
Thanksgiving has come and gone for yet another year, leaving behind a huge mess, a fridge full of leftovers, and the remnants of a really great time. My husband and I try to rotate which family we spend each end of the year holiday with in the name of fairness. This year was my family’s [...]
October ended a while ago marking the completion of NaCraMaMo and I just haven’t had the time to summarize the month’s happenings before now. I’m happy to say that I was indeed able to meet my goal this year. Although my plan to craft a little each day wasn’t a very lofty goal, I did [...]
Last week we were subjected to a bit of a nasty surprise. We were hit by the residuals of typhoon Melor and had quite a bit of flooding in our house. At one point, our backyard was under about six inches of water and instead of draining out into the street, it came inside through [...]
Back in August, I received a Knitpicks ball winder as one of my birthday presents. I’ve used it countless times since then to make myself some delightfully neat yarn cakes and for the most part, it has worked perfectly fine. On larger yardage skeins, however, I occasionally run into a problem where the yarn catches [...]
