From Sewickley, Mom and Bethany headed straight into the city for stop #6. Naomi and I took a slightly more roundabout way. I wasn’t sure exactly when we make time to go down to East Liberty that week, but then Naomi solved it for me by getting conveniently sick. I’ll spare you the details, but … More Yarn Crawl Stop 6 – Sickies in Stitches
Saturday morning meant stop 5 on our yarn crawl adventure, and it was the stop closest to home: our very own Yarns Unlimited. Sewickley is a very fun place to visit; at only ten minutes from home, it is a frequent escape when we need a little froofy prettiness. There are boutique clothing stores, good … More Yarn Crawl Stop 5 – Home Sweet
From Grove City, we drove due south for about an hour and a half, shooting straight past home down to Bridgeville. Our destination was Kid Ewe Knot – a name that must win some sort of record for pun density. KEK was tucked in a shopping center away from any main roads, so I didn’t get … More Yarn Crawl Stop 4 – Bright Open Spaces
After Ross Township, we had to drop Bethany off at a class she had in Sewickley, then we turned around and headed north. About an hour north, in fact, to the fine town of Grove City. As hoped, the nugget fell asleep on the way up. This had the advantage of giving us more time … More Yarn Crawl Stop 3 – Coffee in a College Town
From Oakmont, we headed back west and north to a weird little corner of Ross Township. I’m not going to lie, I dislike Ross Twp and avoid going there. My first childhood home was right off Ritchie Highway in Alexandria, Virginia, and this is pretty much that, but a little crappier. Still, this mecca of … More Yarn Crawl Stop 2 – A Diamond in the Rough
After an amazing adventure like CPE, or any generally amazing, long, and challenging summer like we had, reaching the finish line is cause for some celebration. Wouldn’t you know, there was a ready-made celebration waiting for me, right when CPE ended. I had worked a little extra here and there so that I would finish my … More The Steel Valley Yarn Crawl!
The peanut turned 18 months old a week ago. Her second summer whizzed by in a blur of babysitters, all with different routines and different ideas of adventure. And she thrived on it. She is in a developmental explosion. It seems like she learns a new word every day, even if Jared and I … More 18 Months
Last time I did a project inventory, I made a little promise to myself. I will let myself start one new project for every two projects I finish. I am just overwhelmed by the number of projects I have on the needles right now (even though, for many people, nine projects is really not that bad). … More Good Duckie Me
Sometime in October of last year, I cast on a little strip. I had picked out five colors of my hand-dyed sock yarn to put together into an All the Shades of Truth stole. The original idea had been to do it as a knit-along with my small knitting group that meets twice monthly. However, … More All the Shades of Dirt
So, by “tomorrow” I obviously meant “Saturday.” Turns out I wanted to include this past Wednesday’s share in this update, then I got kind o sick, and sort of distracted by re-reading The Hunger Games… But whatever. No more waiting on tenterhook-banana-hangers, here’s the fruit and veg we’ve been eating during the 4th month of our … More CSA-ccountability, Month #4 – July/August
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