We celebrated Emma’s 10th birthday over the weekend. Ten. Ten? Really? Ten. I’m trying to get used to it by saying it over and over. She’s the oldest of our Littles, but 10 isn’t very little, is it? We gave her a new bike for her birthday, one with a kickstand (her first bike with a kickstand!) and adjustable speeds. … Read More »Ten
I finished Emma’s Gidday sweater, back in late February or so. Unlike most sweaters that are only finished once, this one was finished twice. Twice you ask? Oh, yes! The first time I finished the sweater and blocked it, I carelessly left a sleeve dangling over the edge of the table. Apparently, the taunting sleeve made with angora was too… Read More »Emma’s Gidday Sweater
Rufus has been enjoying the weather, but he has an extra layer with all that fluffy fur. The other cats are beginning to venture outside again, but not on days like today. Today it dawned cold and icy and continued to be so all day long. The icicles hanging from the branches and lights were pretty, but honestly, I’m so… Read More »Waiting for spring
I know, I know. The rhyme says she sells sea shells by the sea shore. But we haven’t ventured out to any sea shores yet this year. Our spring is coming s-l-o-w-l-y this year. I almost had Emma wear her new dress outside for some pictures, but that day it was very cold (in the low 30’s) and I just… Read More »She Sells Sea Shells
I’ve decided recently that I need to get rid of some of the fabric in my collection. I’ve had some of it for more years than I’d like to count, and have moved it from house to house too often. But some of it is far too pretty to just donate away, so I’m going to sew my way through… Read More »Stash sewing – A Dress for Sophie
I thought I’d be done with my sweater by now, but I seem to have missed an entire page of directions. It’s not as awful as it could have been though, because I realized my mistake only 5 rows later. So I’m unknitting, which isn’t nearly as fun (or as fast) as knitting. Calling it “Tinking” only helps a little… Read More »Tinking
We haven’t finished our kitchen project yet, but I’m already moving on to the next thing. Husband needs to finish building the kitchen cabinets before we can do anything else there, and since November it’s been far too cold to work in the garage . Once the weather warms up a bit, he’ll be able to start building again. Well,… Read More »Pondering Paint Colors
I did a little rope basket sewing the other day. Most of the baskets I make don’t have handles, or they have handles that collapse down to the top of the basket, but since Easter is coming, I thought I’d make a traditional looking Easter rope basket. I have hopes of making baskets for each of our children still at… Read More »Rope Basket for Easter
It’s almost spring, my calendar says. It’s almost spring, the changing of the clocks tell us. It’s almost spring, according to every clothing catalog that (still! though I’ve tried to cancel most) arrive in my mailbox. And yet, here in Maine, it is very definitely not looking like almost spring. This week brought another Nor’easter, and that nor’easter brought snow… Read More »Oh, the Snow!
I started this sweater for Maddie last February. It truly didn’t take me a full year to knit it, but it did take me a full year to finish it. I put a mostly finished sweater aside over the summer, having almost all the knitting except for the sweet turtleneck. Then I finished the turtleneck, but never got around to… Read More »Downtime Sweater