We put a spin on our regular knitting gathering to celebrate Christmas together. Our friend Melissa was with us in absentia and sent a lovely tote bag for each of us. I gave everyone a jar of my world famous (ha ha) granola. Apparently, it’s a gift that they all look forward to. We have […]
We were a little slower on the uptake this year with our tree but I finally got it up and decorated. I also made this little gift for a knitting friend who is fighting cancer. I have not made many ornaments so this teacup was a fun opportunity to do something new and different. I […]
Today is day four of advent fun. The socks are coming along. Now is also a good time to introduce this secondary project. I also have a friends and fiber advent swap. I am making a cowl and knitting one repeat of the pattern each day with the ball of yarn gifted to me from […]
Advent calendars have always been part of Christmas festivities. In the past, the boys have each had Lego Star Wars calendars but this year, I decided Bill and I should jump on the bandwagon. I discovered a special skein of self-striping yarn that was dyed in such a way that there were 24 unique stripes […]
Last night after driving Mason and a friend out to Camp Ondessonk for Fall Lodge Weekend, I drove out to spend time with Kim in St. Louis. I spent the night with her and her pooch. We got up early and went off to a great little coffee shop to knit and catch up. The […]
Good morning, San Francisco! We are here for the weekend for Clusterfest and plan to take the city by storm and giggles. But first, breakfast at Mo’z Café was a quick walk from our hotel, Parc 55. Mine was an everything bagel with cream cheese, sprouts, tomato and red onion and Mason’s was a short […]
I headed off for my second visit to Washington, IL for the Knitting Pipeline Retreat yesterday. I was so excited to take my car on its first long trip. Car play was one of the selling points of this vehicle and it was working well. I left right after the kids got off to school […]
Dobbie is an adorable little pup who I knit for my friend, Margaret, for her birthday. You see, Margaret has a real miniature Dachshund who goes by the same name. When the pattern was released earlier this year, I knew that I was going to bring Dobbie to life. Susan Claudino cleverly engineered his construction […]
If there is one person who is really knitworthy, it’s one of my favorite baristas as Starbucks. For a long time, Jessica has been admiring our projects. Not only is she incredibly complimentary, she gushes over them. I had been wanting to ask if she’d like me to knit her something and a few months […]
Our flight didn’t depart until noon so Bill and I had time to leisurely get up, have breakfast and go for another walk in the marina and the Gaslamp Quarter. I had noticed this statue of the totem pole birdhouse when we zipped past yesterday on scooters but today I had a chance to get […]