A Life in the Making

Amazing, huh?   How just some spun wool   And some sticks with a wee hook carved into them Can make things like these:   And this ------ Wool in top pictures and hat is this from Ice Yarns.  Its nice.  The very dark brown is nicer. The hat pattern is my own. The bamboo hooks are from here...

On Saturday morning, a new man entered my life.  I was going to call him "Seven", but I actually know someone who joined an, erm, religious community and changed his name to Seven, so that was out. Other variations of "Canon EOS 7d"("Can" "Non" "SD") just didn't have the ring, so I am just going...

Today will be spent: - watching for the post and a VERY EXCITING PARCEL which may or may not arrive today, but I still must check the window every time a car drives by - updating the aviator hat pattern to include a chunky weight version (is there anyone who would have time next week to do a qui...

    When a new vacuum entertains for an entire afternoon, toys seem a bit pointless.   And it arrived in the nick of time...

Ok. So I have something that I need to get off of my chest.       I hate crafting with my children.     It starts with such promise-- usually a beautifully photographed tutorial on pinterest, extolling the virtues of stimulating creativity with your children.  Each time, I approach the project ...

...because there is no way possible my baby girl is ready for a big girl bed.     But whether I want to believe it or not, Miss Georgia Grace moved to a futon underneath her brother over the weekend. The decision was quite sudden after she found a thrifted duvet set I'd bought and declared "Mine...