I’ve been making very slow progress on my knitting and other projects lately. Going out of town every other weekend for 2 months will do that to you, though! I spent a weekend in Estes Park in mid-April. It snowed, but that was pretty much the norm in Denver every week from April through mid-May….
rhubarb curd & bars
“April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.” -TS Eliot April has felt more like a return to winter than the welcoming of spring this year. In Denver, we’ve had a blizzard warning and several inches of snow each week with…
herringbone cowl
I’ve always enjoyed knitting cowls (here and here), but I have a few of my own and couldn’t quite justify knitting yet another one. So when my friend Sally asked me to knit her a cowl, I was happy for an excuse to make another one. I started knitting some mittens with size 1 needles…
20 Free Knitting Patterns for Advanced Knitters
The thing about advanced knitting techniques is that they always seem intimidating until you try them. Once you learn the terminology to knit socks or how to manage multiple strings of yarn for color work, you wonder why you thought it was so hard. How do you define an advanced pattern? To me, a pattern…
christmas tree craft
Thanksgiving is over, which means it’s time to start decorating for Christmas! I made these little DIY Christmas trees this weekend with only a few supplies that you might already have around. Here’s what you need: Paper Thread or yarn Mod Podge or Elmer’s Glue Saran Wrap A brush to apply the glue (optional) Ribbons,…
hot toddy
It’s starting to feel like winter in Denver. There’s just a little bit of snow on the ground. I finally had to close my windows. My car is covered in frost each morning. I’m using gloves and hats and winter coats on a regular basis. And to make the transition complete, I now have my…
fall recipes
I have some exciting knitting posts coming up soon…but until then, how about some links to recipes I’ve been loving lately? Fall is one of my favorite cooking seasons. After the heat of summer, it always seems like such a treat to dust off the crockpot and turn on the oven. Squash, pumpkins and soups…
an italian feast
I’m currently in week two of a brand new job. It’s going well so far, but I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed as I settle into a new routine, new job, new situation. Before I started the job, I threw a big dinner party for 9 of my friends in my little apartment. I moved…
8 Yarns for Your Next Knitting or Crochet Project
Do you ever wonder how days are declared official holidays or celebrations? Who decided to create Social Media Day or Flag Day or Bring Your Teddy Bear to School or Work Day? There’s a whole website devoted to these special days…some are fairly well known, like Earth Day. But then you have Morse Code Day,…
a little baby sweater
I finally remembered to photograph my latest project before mailing it this week. It seems like I’m going through a baby knitting spurt recently. If people I know would stop having babies, I could get back to a few other projects (just kidding). One of the reasons I love baby projects is that they’re so…