Dear friends who have children -There are a few misconceptions that are out there that I really feel need to be dispelled. After a few years of more than pointed inquiry about the subject, I want to clear a few things up.Here are a list of common assumptions made as to why we don't have… Continue reading An Open Letter to Parents from a DINK: We don’t hate your kids
Category: Variegated
Posts that have to do with everything and nothing, but don’t pidgeonhole into one of the others well either.
FO Friday – Hats, Hats, Hats!
Alana Dakos knows leaves. All kinds of leaves. And I love them all.This hat has been in my queue for a long time. I had the yarn for it last fall, and I just had to have this hat before spring. The pattern was quick & very easy - not too complicated for a first… Continue reading FO Friday – Hats, Hats, Hats!
Exciting!
I'm on Ravelry as a designer!I realize that all I did was write down what I did when I needed something specific & couldn't find it elsewhere, but contributing to Ravelry makes it seem so much more official!Hopefully this pattern helps someone else who is looking for a quick baby gift with chevrons! If you're… Continue reading Exciting!
3 things I really dislike & what those things made me thankful for
3 Things I really dislike:It took me an hour & forty minutes to make the 30 minute drive to work this morning.The squeak in my car that was mute for the mechanic yesterday reared its annoying head this morning, consistently throughout the hour & forty minute drive.Cars who feel that they don't need headlights/working brake… Continue reading 3 things I really dislike & what those things made me thankful for
Chevron Baby Sleep Sack
As promised, here is the crochet pattern for the Chevron Sleep Sack!!Chevron Baby Sleep SackFinished measurements: 15” long x 9” wide (flat)Materials:worsted weight yarn (shown in Bernat Satin, flamingo & lavender) Main color: 75 grams, Contrasting color: 55 gramsSize I/9 hook or size needed to achieve gaugeyarn needleGauge:14 st = 4 in. in double crochet20… Continue reading Chevron Baby Sleep Sack
FO Friday – 18 Days of Christmas Socks
Sometimes you start socks and they fly off the needles. Sometimes you start socks & you never finish the second one (I've never succumbed to that temptation, but trust me, I get it.).I started these socks on Christmas Eve, thinking that it wasn't foolish to start Christmas socks on December 24 because there are 12… Continue reading FO Friday – 18 Days of Christmas Socks
Stalking Blindly
Being as I'm working on knitting from stash, I had initially resisted immediately jumping on this bandwagon when it popped up on Ravelry a few weeks back:(graphic from Ysolda's Ravelry MKAL pattern page)What is this voodoo?! A Choose Your Own Adventure knit shawl by Ysolda Teague?! OH. MY. GOD. I've never done a mystery knit… Continue reading Stalking Blindly
FO Friday – Baby Ruby’s Jacket
Another baby gift. When they said 'Tis the Season!, I don't think they meant babies, but that's the way it worked out this Christmas!A friend, who was expecting this winter, recently gave me some partial skeins of Red Heart Soft Baby Steps yarn that was given to her along with a baby gift. As she… Continue reading FO Friday – Baby Ruby’s Jacket
Goals & The Great Yarn Diet of 2014 or Enjoy What You Have, Silly Girl
January. A fresh calendar. Fresh snow on the ground. A polar vortex to makes you wish you could hibernate like a bear. Don't you love it?The first full week of 2014 has been frigid. Dangerously frigid. Wind chills were down to -45 degrees F here and I initiated Operation Wear All The Wool. Wool sweaters,… Continue reading Goals & The Great Yarn Diet of 2014 or Enjoy What You Have, Silly Girl
Stalking Saturday – Bayside Pullover
I've been staking the Bayside Pullover for months. There's just something about it that I really like, although, I'm not sure exactly what draws me to it. But I knew I wanted one.Then the color stumped me for a few months. I really liked the look of the natural color shown in Coastal Knits, but… Continue reading Stalking Saturday – Bayside Pullover
Donita Westman 