I have just a short post for you this evening. I am having issues adjusting to the school schedule. Getting up in time to be showered and caffeinated before the girls need to get up is proving a bit more difficult then I remember. Oh well, I will get back into the grove in time. The other day there appeared to be a monkey convention in the living room. It was a secret convention. The girls aren’t talking. The monkeys … Read more
Here we are, the first day of first grade. I feel like we just left school, and now we are back again. I got a few snaps in, but not many. I am going to share them here along with a selection of my Facebook status updates about the girls from the past few years. They start with the most recent and go down, I have labeled each age change. 6 years old: 9/3/13 Kyla ~ “Sometimes I make a … Read more
Just one month to go until the CGOA/TKGA Knit and Crochet show (Oct 2 ~ 6). Lorene and I are getting rather excited. We will be taking several classes, and participating in several events. My goal is to improve my skills to bring you even better patterns, and to improve this blog.  Also, to have a LOT of fun!! Lorene and I will be doing lots of schmoozing, and I will be taking many photos. I was sure to get a hotel … Read more
I spent most of the day in the basement doing some cleaning and organizing. My cutting table was covered with varoius…stuff, and there was a stack of bins and crates 8 feet long and 3 feet tall next to the sofa. I have been looking for the same skein of yarn for weeks now and I finally couldn’t take it anymore. I knew it was in one of those bins! The first thing I did was pull out some of … Read more
Hello my friends! Do you remember how far I had gotten on the Katherine Coat over the spring/summer? Well, here she is now:
That’s right, I frogged the whole coat. It had to be done. I took a couple of weeks and re~wrote the entire pattern, I did warn you I was going to do that. I am much happier now. I was not impressed with the boxy look of the coat on the first go around, and I want to provide you with the best possible patterns.
Made of super bulky yarn and granny inspired, this hat works up quite quickly. It is great for last minute gifts.
I had a lot of photos to share in this post, maybe a bit too many, so I turned most of them into collages. As always, you can click on a photo to see it a bit larger. At the beginning of the month we went to visit my family in New England. My mother is the oldest of 11 kids, and all 11 of them managed to make it back to Beverly, MA for our little reunion. OK, maybe … Read more
Things have been very active here At Home as of late. I am very excited to finally have the Rachel crochet skirt pattern ready for you! You can just click on the photo above to go to the Ravelry listing, which has all the detail about Rachel. You can always find the Rachel pattern with links to all the sites where she can be bought, along with my other crochet patterns, in my crochet pattern directory (under the patterns section … Read more
This seems like a good Wednesday for a WiP update, so here you go! I have done most of the math for the Katherine coat re-write that I told you about the other day. I am ready to make a few videos for extra help with some of the more tricky parts. Then I will be ready to start making my coat. But first, I have to frog the first go. Lots of unraveling ahead for me! Yesterday was such … Read more
This evening I am going to share a story with you. It’s something that happened a few weeks ago. Doug tends to go to bed before me. One, two, sometimes three hours before me. He also gets up before me. When it’s only around an hour, I sometimes find him still reading his library book when I head to bed. Other nights he is already asleep by the time I climb into bed. Most of these nights he is sleeping … Read more
