Anything over and done gets its day in the sun.
The season of Epiphany is here! It is more comforting than ever, as we fend off the single digits during this Pittsburgh cold snap, to sing songs about stars and glory and light. And finally, I found occasion to cook the fresh ham. Though I have to say, seeing it all scored and rubbed and … More Epiphany Octopus
It was a normal evening in my bi-weekly knitting class, when a participant sitting next to me mentioned casually that she had some Noro leftovers. Some leftovers from the several Noro blankets she’s knit over the years. She so didn’t know what to do with them that she gave some of them away to a … More Pillows for Mommies
Happy Epiphany Day! I can happily report that the last of the officially-associated Christmas knitting was completed as of 11:04 last night. (Okay, so there’s one more Christmas-occasioned project that is unfinished, but it is not required to be Christmas-tied, and the recipient doesn’t know it’s coming, so I’m just going to sneak that one … More Slippers for Cousins
Joining another family with marriage is an awesome thing, with many perks, but one teensy disadvantage is that it potentially doubles the number of Christmas presents one is responsible for every year. With both Jared and I as one of four, and mostly married on Jared’s side, it was a stroke of genius to implement a … More Shawl for Emily
{pretty} So I set out to try PFHR as a way to talk about something other than stuff I knit. But this week I couldn’t help but remember that I still haven’t shown you Carina’s wedding shawl. And there’s so much to this story of pretty than just what I knit. And if you stick it … More {pretty, funny, happy, real} wedding edition
Zing Zang Zoom, I finished two things. Two things that were so near completion when I last showed them to you, that I will compress their Finishing Announcement into one big post with lots of pictures, and more words than is either just or fitting. Week 1 of potty training, when it wasn’t about wiping pee … More Done and Done and Eek!
Exhaustion has hit a new level this week. We had busy week followed by a weekend away (having little kids, there’s no reason to bother calling it a “vacation”) followed by another busy week ending with giving a sermon. Maybe baby’s having a growth spurt too, since I fall asleep at 9, wake up at … More In Which I Try Not to Whine
Every year that I have lived in Pennsylvania, this weird thing has happened right around October 15th. For weeks now, we have been seriously bracing ourselves for fall. My sweater collection is washed and in full rotation, and I wear exclusively wool socks. The heat has come on a couple times, and and the furnace … More The Ides of October
So I am on a sort of “new project diet” which dictates that I have to finish two projects for every one I start. The crawl cowl was my last new project, and finishing it counted for one of the two completed…. which meant that before I could start something else new, I had to … More Something Old for Something New
The Steel Valley Yarn Crawl was an absolute blast, especially getting to do it with my mom. I haven’t even told you about the raffles – oh, the raffles! – mostly because we didn’t win anything. Every single store had three massive prize baskets, and the more you bought there, the more tickets you got … More The Crawl and its Cowls
Osborn Fiber Studio 