Happy new year, liturgists! Today is Advent 1, which means it’s the first day of the 2014 Christian year. Here we start remembering, celebrating, and participating in the story of Jesus all over again. To celebrate, I’m reducing the price of the Liturgical Year Pattern Series to $40. It began two years ago today; … More Seasonal Socks
Things I’m thankful for today: 1. A healthy, happy baby, whose smiles light up my day and whose giggles are my drug. 2. Little bows. (by Crafts by Libby.) 3. A sister-in-law with an unflappable sense of humor. 4. Another sister-in-law to share a love of knitting with. (Yes, she’s wearing a color affection. … More Counting
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
I’m not even out of the Shire yet, and I’ve already gotten myself in a wee pickle in my knitted journey through the Fellowship of the Ring. As described in the post just linked, I have yarn for most of the projects already, but not the second. I did not foresee the complete desertification of … More Shortcut to Mushrooms?
As ready as we’re going to be! We know where we’ll be this weekend. The 2013 Maryland Alpaca & Fleece Festival. November 16-17th, 10 am – 4 pm; Howard County Fairgrounds. Where will you be? An ENORMOUS vote of thanks goes out to our amazing sample knitters – Tammy, Gale, Beryl, and my aunt Kathy. … More Ready
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
As I described before, it was rather difficult to explain how the beautiful (and very large) strip of mosaic knitting I was working on was going to end up being a bag. It is finished now, and you can judge for yourself whether or not I in fact succeeded in making a bag. The instructions … More Bag’s End
Our shop is temporary closed, because of this awesomeness: That’s right: Linda Jennings and Rebecca Osborn (With lots of help from other Jennings’ and Osborns) will, for the first time, be manning (womanning?) a booth exclusively for Osborn Fiber Studio. (!!!!!!) Mom [Linda] has been dyeing like crazy. We are going to have lots of … More Coming Soon to an Alpaca Festival Near You
I can’t wait for Thanksgiving. Mostly because I can’t wait for it to be the official US-brand Christmas season. I am a good Anglican. I love Advent. You know this about me. But I have to confess. I am kinda a sucker for the December Season. I’ve gotten jaded by it like anyone else (working … More The Goose is Getting Fat
At the tender age of 8 months, Nomeykins is not a very well-traveled person. Outside her native state, she’s really only visited Maryland (unless you count West Virginia, the only parts of which she has visited outside of a car being Sheetzs). She can only imagine fondly when we describe to her such far-off climes … More Southwestern Socktoberfest
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