free blanket patterns!
I’ll admit it: I haven’t made many knit blankets to date. While I’ve crocheted several in my younger years, when I knit huge things I start to get bored halfway through! However, an email from Purl Soho featuring an entire gallery of free and gorgeous blankets came into my in-box this morning and it was […]
crafty haul
Craft shops are dangerous, y’all. I went into Michael’s while my husband was at a car shop and suddenly I have more projects than I know what to do with. Small problems, I know. 😉 I’ve been wanting to get into lettering for awhile now and bought markers and paper last week, but soon discovered […]
my to-knit list
If you’re anything like me, your knitting/crafting boards on Pinterest are littered with all kinds of pretty projects that you may or may not get to…and after awhile it gets too crazy to actually find anything. I’ve been compiling this list of things I have my eye on for awhile and I’m excited to share […]
custom baby hats!
I sold my first items on Etsy! My old high school mentor recently had her third baby (how has so much time passed??) and she contacted me to see if I could make little elf/pixie/sleep hats. I searched around until I had the basic premise of a pattern down, bought the yarn, and got to […]
knitters beware: cancunÂ
We had an amazing time in Playa del Carmen, Mexico a few weeks ago! We’re still getting back into the swing of things–faster pace of life, not speaking Spanish, and wearing clothes instead of swimsuits– so I haven’t posted more photos yet. However, I do have a bit of knitting advice for my fellow travelers. […]
summer tbr…
After a lot of thought, I decided to cancel my Scribd membership. While it was a great deal when I signed up because I could read whatever I wanted as often as I did (about 5 books a month), once they changed their terms to three books and one audiobook a month, it was no […]
¡mexico!
We’re in Playa deal Carmen and it’s marvelous! What a wonderful way to celebrate our first anniversary. I’ll share more when we return. 🙂
if you don’t like it, stop reading it
Something I’ve had trouble with is reading a large chunk of a book before realizing that I don’t like it. And it happens a lot. Then I’m torn– do I finish it to see what happens and be unhappy while reading it or do I throw out the time I’ve spent on it? I’ve finally […]
little brother’s graduation
As of last week, my little brother is now a high school graduate! He’s going to study film in Arizona and it is so exciting to know that his life is only beginning. It was a weekend full of family, food, garage sale-ing (it’s a big event in our family) and kittens, and it was […]
fair isle beanie // new listing
I’ve been on a hat streak lately and finished two this week! With the help of the Fair Isle Motifs book that I got from the library the other day, I learned this motif and added it to a basic hat shape and the result was this fair isle beanie for my husband! I’ve added […]