Fourteen years!

Fourteen years!

Today marks fourteen years of blogging! I’ve gone through a lot of life changes since I started–two degrees, a divorce, a marriage, two kids, and starting my own business. This has been a stable feature in my life that sometimes can be overwhelming, and...
Dissent dissent dissent

Dissent dissent dissent

I am so excited about this knitting project. It’s my voting outfit, if I finish it in time for early voting and it’s cold on that day I want to go early vote. The sweater is called Dissent Pullover by Andrea Rangel. When Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed I was...
Fall prepping

Fall prepping

I started a Very V-Neck Raglan by Jessie Mae and I think it’s going to be so soft and lovely. I wanted to use yarn that I already had, because I need to be mindful about knitting from stash and falling in love with yarn I fell in love with in the past. This is...
Yarn chicken, won!

Yarn chicken, won!

Eventide has come to an end. I barely made it with the amount of yarn I had. I ended up having to unravel my swatch and I had about 10 rows left of the 4 inch swatch. Phew! I was definitely getting nervous at the end and consoling myself with thoughts that I probably...
An end in sight!

An end in sight!

My motif work on Eventide is coming to an end! This has been my primary knitting during work and sometimes in the evening and I’m surprised that I’m as far along as I am at this point. I think I started this on July 13th and there are 70 full motifs and 10...
Motifs for days

Motifs for days

I crushed on this Eventide pattern since I got the Autumn Pompom Quartely that included this in 2019. I had some leftover Miss Babs Keira in several colors and this seemed like a great project for the amounts I had left. The grey is Quicksilver, the orange is French...