Hey there! How have you been? I hope you're getting more knitting done than I am! 🤣🤪 I'm just going to blame it on summer! I did do a different creative thing, though. I made you something! It's called The Rule Breaker's Permission Slip and Finishing Matrix. And it also has a Frog Log inside! My favorite part is the Finishing Matrix. It's a tool to help you decide just how much effort you should put into weaving ends, blocking, etc. for any particular project. You know I like to cut corners...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hello, how are you!?! Are you working on anything fun? I’d love to hear about it. Send pics! I finally finished the front (or back) of the bamboo mesh sweater. I think I’m just going to make it sleeveless so I can be done with it sooner. I’ve tried so many different things with this bamboo yarn. I’m never going to like it. I’ll either use the rest on something like fringe or tassels, or I’ll give it to one of my kids who crochet. At least I know I gave it a fair shot before breaking up with...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Hey there! How was your week? Mine started with an endoscopy, so I’m about two days behind right now. Here’s Bruno doing his impression of my Monday and Tuesday: Since I didn’t do a single interesting thing this week, I came up with something else fun to share! I’ve been getting tons of emails from the Disney store about the Haunted Mansion and Toy Story 5 lately. So here’s a couple of my patterns inspired by those. They are a couple of my favorites. Click the photos to read more about them...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Hello! Here we are again! Another Friday, another chance to knit all weekend! 🤣 Maybe it’s a long weekend for 4th of July for you? I have to work Friday and Sunday, but you can bet I’m going to make some progress on the bamboo sweater on Saturday! I got to try a new sewing stitch this week. You know how sometimes when you’re thrifting and you're looking for something specific, you can get so excited when you find it that you forget to inspect it? Just me? 🤪 Well, I was looking for long skirts...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Friday! How are you? I hope you had some fun this week! Guess what? I finally have a viable project going with the slippery, splitty bamboo yarn that matches my hair! I switched to bamboo needles (coincidence?) and went up a couple sizes. Then I was able to get a mesh panel going pretty good. It’s just *yo, k2tog every row. Couldn’t be any easier. The last bump in the road was that the join on my circular needles was grabbing every single yarn over and slowing me down. So I picked up...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hello! How is it already Friday again!?! This week has been a whirlwind! My third kid graduated high school, my in-laws came to town to celebrate, and we went to a book signing that was a four-hour round trip in a day. It’s been wild! I did find a little time to work on the mesh sweater that is never going to be. I can’t express how terrible this yarn is to work with. If you have an idea for what I can make with splitty bamboo yarn, that won’t cause me to quit crafting altogether, please...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Happy Friday! Have you had time to work on anything fun this week? I had some car knitting time, so I actually made progress on a project! I finished the cat I was knitting for my daughter. I’ll send a picture of it with her real cat as soon as I get the finishing touches on him. Lately, I’ve been thinking about which knits I actually wear. There are projects I think I’m going to love and wear every day that don’t work out. Like my Seaglass cardigan. And then there are projects like the...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello! How are you? Did you start anything new over the long weekend? I’ve done nothing but start knitting projects lately! 🤪🤣 Every idea that crosses my mind gets cast on these days. I’m calling it my season of starting. I’m mostly just calling it that in my head when I’m contemplating the situation. I really hope it’s followed by a season of knitting and then a season of finishing. 🫠 There’s no progress because all my knitting time is being eaten up by the starting! I just counted and I...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello and Happy Friday! How was your week? Are you gearing up for summer? My kids are almost out of school and I can’t wait for the world to slow down a little. I wore this wrap for the first time in ages this week. Now I want another one! 🤣🤪 I want to make it in all one yarn and make it a little wider by adding stitches in multiples of 10. It’s a really versatile piece, which I’m totally in to right now. I also love how the tapered ends make it drape nicer than a straight rectangle. I...
2 months ago • 1 min read