Breakup Knitting

We got a bit of sad news yesterday: we will not be able to have the home birth we planned. Not because it would have been unsafe, but because of other factors out of our control. We’re very disappointed and a bit angry, and still processing. (Baby girl is still healthy, exactly on target for … More Breakup Knitting

On the Concept of a “Relationship with God”

This post has nothing to do with knitting or yarn or spinning or very much else. I am doing something I’ve never done before, as a participant in the blogosphere: I’m writing a response to someone else’s blog. The response is to my new blog-friend Carson T. Clark’s post called “According to NPR, I don’t have … More On the Concept of a “Relationship with God”

Hat Week!

It’s like Shark Week! But with hats… so not quite as exciting. Or at least not as much blood, or mercury-laden piscenes. My hat plan for Sweetwater Holiday mART was very well thought out. My logic: I’m cutting my hair really short right before winter. Meaning that even if I wanted to do my hair … More Hat Week!

Alpaca Madness

From Mum! ~Reb My dyeing career began with an alpaca fleece, and this weekend is the Maryland Alpaca Festival, so it’s appropriate that I should share what I did next with that fleece after dyeing it.  Joyce from Alpaca Joy is a neighbor, and so was there at Highland Day to sell me my very … More Alpaca Madness

In the Post

A week ago, something truly and deeply random happened to me. I was featured in an article in the local paper. I thought it was just going to be in the Sewickley Herald, but the paper copy Barb W. saved for me is from the “Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.” You can read the article here. (The best … More In the Post

For the Prostates!

Saturday, Noel and I manned up for men’s health. Or, well, mo-ed up. For the prostates! Because, as Noel put it, men shouldn’t have to go through this alone. So the traditional moustaches for mo-vember were met by our mohawks. What’s the deal? I’ll be honest, at first Movember seemed like a great excuse to … More For the Prostates!