How it started: How it was going: How it is: 2 months, 63 squares, two unravelings because of the poor joining decisions, 8 balls of yarn imported from UK. Kid 2, showing her new blanket to her boyfriend: This is my mother’s love. Mmm, so soft. Worth it.
The Time Between
We all have a routine that keeps our lives running. Get up, brush teeth, make coffee, drink a cup, get dressed, head out the door. Don’t forget phone-keys-wallet. We run our dishwashers, we sweep our kitchens, we vacuum our floors, and feed our pets. Being writers, we work from home, and our cycle of routines
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Karma, Crochet, and Books That Are Too Long
You know how we wrote that cute Arabella short? The cats have filled the fancy robotic litterbox overnight and then had a pee party. Thank you, Universe, and my husband, for the tile floor. I love tile. I love it so, so much. Then I logged into me email to find out that the our
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Needles, Beach, and Oh Noes
I finally did it. After years and years of knitting, this happened. It snapped in my hand. I got so upset, I decided to buy a new knitting set. However, I am not sure what to buy and I need it fast, because next week Gordon and I are escaping on a tiny vacation to
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Sweaters, Yarn, and Collector Editions
I am a yarn addict. I have purchased yarn across places far and wide, and one of the fun places I shop is Eat, Knit, Sleep, a cool online yarn store that lets you search their inventory by color, which is all sorts of awesome. They have a great selection, a physical location in Georgia,
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Kid 2’s Cardigan
I made a simple shrug for Kid 1 before Christmas, and when Kid 2 saw it, the first thing she said was, “Where is mine?” Here is hers. I wanted a kind of rustic look, because of the yarn colors. A slightly modern take on patchwork. The pattern is available free on Ravelry and here,
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Truth Hurts
On Crafty Things: Catching Up
Did you ever make the fall wreath? To recap: I didn’t do a lot of decorating this year for the fall because we are so swamped with work, but Gordon wanted a pretty fall wreath for the door, so I went to Michael’s, got some supplies, and made one. Since this wreath is 50% of
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To Cricut or to not Cricuit
I’ve been a bit brain dead. I have a crisis of writer confidence, which is a normal part of writer life, but dealing with it kind of sucks. I’ve noticed I’ve been zooming out more and sometimes I find myself watching random videos. Facebook, in its helpful AI way, has zeroed in on the type
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Dragon and Tuna
It’s a beautiful Monday. The grass is green, the birds are singing, the sun is shining and I have a finish. This hasn’t been washed or ironed so it’s as is, grimy and all. I tried to take more pictures, but it didn’t quite work out. There is no cross stitch. There is only Tuna.
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Yarn Love: Expect the Unexpected
Gordon collects action figures. (Please don’t send him any. He already has pretty much everything.) When a new package arrives to the house, he almost always informs me that the purchase is a “preorder.” As in, it wasn’t a recent splurge, but something that was paid for long ago. I don’t care if it’s preorder
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Crafting and Other Weirdness
What kind of crafting projects are you working on? Magic Claims, grumble, grumble, grumble. Things I have made recently: a sweater/T-shirt for Kid 2. I don’t have a picture of it finished, but it is. Here is in progress picture. I wanted a very simple pattern, like idiot proof, because my brain was very fried
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