Hi folks. I know it’s been a while… three years, my goodness! I’m still very much actively knitting, crocheting, and crafting! Because we live on our phones nowadays, I’ve primarily moved all my crafty adventures to Instagram. It’s been a great platform to quickly share and connect with others. Click on any picture to read about my latest FOs! Not the greatest visual arrangement in the world... but it will have to do. From the very beginning I knew "Inner Peace" was meant to be a summer shawl, a summer shawl knit in cotton or linen, in particular. Something about the shape and dimensions, th ..read more

Lately, I’ve been doing most of my “blogging” on Instagram. I have enjoyed it so much! Instagram makes it so easy to post progress pictures or share crafty thoughts. It’s so easy to do from my phone, since my computer time is much more limited, and I’m connecting with so many more crafters there. (And, to be completely honest, some of the most recent WordPress upgrades have made it very clumsy and frustrating to use) I figured I’d share some of my recent FOs here (9 of them since I last posted!), but I really hope you join me on Instagram for more frequent updates and random chatter. View th ..read more

Pattern: Livie sweater by Carrie Bostick Hoge. I mostly followed the directions for the 8th size (6y), but with my gauge being different, it’s a little bit smaller than the specified finished measurements. Yarn: Berroco Vintage in Fuchsia (51176). This is one of my favorite Vintage colors – I’ve used it twice before (Wee Levenwick, Hexathrow). Another favorite color is Blue Moon (51191) (Silverfox Cardi, Odessa). I used just a tiny bit more than 2 skeins for this sweater. Needles: the sweater is mostly knit on US 7 needles, with a predictable 5 spi and 7 rpi gauge. Some of the garter was knit ..read more

Pattern: Livie sweater by Carrie Bostick Hoge. I mostly followed the directions for the 8th size (6y), but with my gauge being different, it’s a little bit smaller than the specified finished measurements. Yarn: Berroco Vintage in Fuchsia (51176). This is one of my favorite Vintage colors – I’ve used it twice before (Wee Levenwick, Hexathrow). Another favorite color is Blue Moon (51191) (Silverfox Cardi, Odessa). I used just a tiny bit more than 2 skeins for this sweater. Needles: the sweater is mostly knit on US 7 needles, with a predictable 5 spi and 7 rpi gauge. Some of the garter was knit ..read more

After recently completing the Satsuma Street stitchalong, I decided to branch out a bit and try other types of embroidery. A few friends suggested checking out the Cozy Blue Stitch Club, and it seemed like the perfect thing – small, not too pricey, and in a way, open-ended, with the possibility of interpreting the design in so many different ways. I signed up in May, but June’s shipment wasn’t quite my style, so I didn’t stitch it. But July’s was a beautiful sunflower with some other smaller flowers and grasses, and I loved it immediately! In this one small design, I was able to try out a bun ..read more