Some time last year I started to knit a summer sweater. It was out of yarn that I won as a special prize at the Maryland State Fair years ago, but it wasn’t really something that I would ever have picked for myself (I don’t really think of myself as a periwinkle person, and I … More Summer Sweater Narrative
Spinning is a gift to myself. Specifically, it’s a gift of time, to make something beautiful out of time that is not being shared with anything else. Since time is increasingly precious to me, it only makes sense to spin the most beautiful things that make me the most cheerful. This merino/silk braid from Fiber … More Spun Time
Over three years ago, when we moved to Ambridge, Mom and I started matching fair isle sweaters. The idea was that it would be a big long project that we could work on together to keep us connected across state lines. Then she joined me in Osborn Fiber Studio, which took up most of our … More Switching Burners
The most complicated two weeks of my summer are over. I have completed Greek Exegesis – two weeks of intense, in-depth Greek grammar and interpretation for several hours a day. Plus homework almost every night, and starting an online class right in the middle of it. Mom came up to help us out again, setting … More Finishing Things
When I was a little kid, my uncle lived with my grandparents, and when we went to visit them, my uncle would take my on adventures. My favorite thing was when he would bungee a throw pillow to the luggage rack of his bike, and I’d ride precariously on it while he biked us to … More Everlasting Gobstoppers
February’s socks were knit in the first week of February. Then there was a baby. March’s socks were started, back when Naomi slept most of the time, was highly portable, and I was under the delusion that parenthood was a manageable add-on to normal life. Then March happened. Then April happened. Then May. When … More March-April-May Socks, with a Bonus!
Two days before Naomi’s baptism, her Christening dress looked like this: Let me back up a little. I’ve wanted to make Naomi a Christening dress for a while. I couldn’t trace it back to a particular time, but ever since running across a couple traditional Christening dresses in Piecework magazine, I knew that this sort … More Two Most Important People – Part 2
The two most important people in my life, my husband and daughter, recently went through very important rites of passage. I know that what they really needed during these times was a supportive wife and mom, not one stressed all to heck and back on a project. I tried to keep this in mind and … More Two Most Important People – Part 1
It has been a whirlwind couple weeks of hard work and fun, and I have so much catching up to do! In the past two weeks we have finished the spring semester, I finished a couple crazy projects, Jared graduated, Naomi got baptized … and I’ve started on homework for the summer term. I finally … More Making Mothers’ Day Memories
Hip dysplasia is not a very fun problem to have, but it’s a problem that can be caught early and fixed relatively quickly. An ultrasound to diagnose, six weeks in a cloth-and-plastic-and-velcro harness, a few check-ins with the orthopedist, another ultrasound to confirm its fixed, and Bob’s your uncle, you’re free. At least, that’s what … More Celebratory
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