As I type this…

The new site is being published – yeah!!
Go check it out.
Knitserland
I won’t be posting here again so please update your links.

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Brighton update.

FINALLY finished knitting Brighton from Knitty Spring 2008.

I tied up yarn joins (yes, I knot on a bag or anything else that will be heavily used) and wove in ends as best as possible in a lace pattern.
Yesterday I dug through my fabric stash and found these for the lining and [...]

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Another quick update

The girls finished the school year a few weeks ago. Mira will enter 4th grade in the fall and Arianna will be starting middle school.

We have been keeping busy with trips, visiting friends, and sunny days spent swimming at the beach whenever the weather allows. (sadly today will not be a beach day- rain, [...]

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New stuff coming

A few months back WordPress, my host, changed how things are done as far as posting and uploading videos and pics.
I CAN’T GET IT!
Most people love the new formatting so I’m sure it’s just me. I’m not trying to bash WordPress at all. It worked great for me for a long time but it’s [...]

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And the Award Goes To……

Moi! For possibly being the worst blogger last month.
Spring / summer hit here about 4 weeks ago and I just can’t spend time indoors when the weather first turns nice for the year. Every day has been around 70 and sunny. And despite gobs of sunscreen, I already have a heck [...]

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Shrug

Today I wove in the ends to this little top for Mira.

She’s in her pj’s now so I’ll have to get a picture of her wearing it tomorrow. It’s my own make-up, quick and easy, knit with the fabulous Super by Needful Yarns. Correction: It’s knit in New Cotton by Lang! Oops. [...]

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Disappearing Act

Sorry to have vanished for a few weeks, but I took a trip back home to visit family and friends. Even though I am most likely half a world away from everyone who reads this blog I just couldn’t take a chance with the “Hey I’m going away and my apartment will be empty for [...]

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Miles of Scarf

There has to be a mile or 2 of knitting in this scarf, but it turned out great if I do say:)

It’s for Andy. He wanted a scarf like the ones he saw on his trip to the UK a few weeks ago. He said he was going to buy one but [...]

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Bury me in this please!

Silk!!!!

And not the somewhat ’stinky’ silks you find sometimes (I don’t dislike those, FYI) …
this is silk at it’s best!
Shiniest…
silkiest…
creamiest…. (that’s a word, right?)
[...]

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Well…

Where have I been?
I don’t really know.
Kids went back to school last Monday which is always a fun routine to get back into and then there has been the shop-
some of you know what this is, for other’s, I will update tomorrow.
Sorry about the blog break.
But I’m ready to kick things into high gear [...]

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