Happy Epiphany, dearest readers! I am concluding this Christmas series with Naomi’s gift #3, which has nothing to do with knitting (unless I knit her a bag to keep it in, which isn’t a bad idea). This is just pure happy-making. Gift #2, by the way, was my old cell phone. She was pretty excited … More Twelve Dozen Corks

Hi; Mom again!  One more post for me on these 12 days of Christmas. Two precious people in my life are my husband, Cliff, and my mother, Flo.  First of all, Cliff is very gifted mechanically.  We have a policy in our home that we don’t throw anything away until Cliff has had a look … More Eleven Clever Cables

In case it has been confusing, I have 3 daughters:  Rebecca, 27 (she’s not old enough to care about her age yet I hope), Leah, 21, and Bethany, 12.  I also have a wonderful son Hunter, 24.  I’m Mom, definitely too old to mention age! This time my gift was for Bethany.  First she loved … More Six Colors Howling

The Christmas joy keeps flowing.  Are these not fun, happy socks?  The yarn is Koigu, bought at “All About Yarn” in Pittsburgh.”  They are also leftovers (as Rebecca mentioned in her Day 3.) They came from what I called my “Naoimi Yarn” that I bought at the store along with some 100% silk.  With 3 … More Four Fun Footsies

The pattern is actually called “Tinaku Mittens”; it is from Miski Book 26 by Jane Ellison.   (It’s Mom again, Hi.  Rebecca is carding dog hair and wool fleece downstairs on the useful but ugly drum carder; she will post tomorrow; I promise.)  I bought this book from the “new” Clover Hill yarn shop when … More Two Warming Wristies

Christmas is in six days. You can start screaming now.   This is about the size of the yarn pile that I had to start turning into things for the 25th. This isn’t the actual pile (that has been sort of evolving), but it’s fairly representative. I still have five hats, a pair of gloves, … More Distractions

Naomi turned nine months old today – also known as the big NINO. Nine in, nine out. It just so happens that this occurred the day after the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. So I took the only reasonable course of action I could think of. 1) Dressed my baby up in the closest thing … More Bigger on the Inside, Baby

It’s been a while since I’ve done a random post. So, randomly, bam! 1) This is the 707th post on this blog. That seems significant somehow. 2) Nomes is, for some reason, most hilarious after her bath. We made it a part of her bedtime routine because it was supposed to be calming. Take a … More A Random Spectrum of Emotions

Last year, I made four ruanas (click here and scroll down to see them). I sold two of them, and the other two have gotten a little use in the intervening year, but mostly have just lived in my closet. (Our bedroom has a special little linen closet that I use just for woolens. Envy … More You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Nothing much to say today. I have been knitting – a good bit in fact – but I am fighting a cold, and have been cooking dinner tonight, and trying to clean up the house for a proper Sabbath celebration, so I think running about taking pictures of things would just about put me over … More Pickles & Wipes & Everything Nice