Category Archives: Quilts and Other Crafts

Sharing my passion for creating beautiful things.

Catching up on knitting projects 0

It would seem my blogging can’t keep up with my knitting. And I’m a really slow knitter (it feels like) so that’s not saying much for my blogging, now is it? In fact, since I took these pictures, I’ve gotten quite a bit farther with the projects. But I haven’t taken new pictures. Lazy! And [...]

Wrapping up the first quarter – what have we learned? 0

Had a lot of goals for the year, so how’s it going so far? Well, just based on my reading, knitting was my big topic for the first quarter this year. And I did a lot of reading! But also a lot of doing. Not that I have the pictures to prove it. I could [...]

Fit to be knit(ting) 2

And I’m not apparently. If anything, my adventures in knitting so far have taught me I don’t know how to count nor connect the dots as to what I do wrong when I make an obvious mistake. My little practice square – in which I took different stitches out for a ride – looks like [...]

Meet my 10-year-old monkeys Comments Off

I like to get things done. Must get things done. Nothing makes me happier than a crossed-off to-do list. So the various project boxes in my craft room staring me in the face drive me crazy. Especially the ones that are ancient. These two projects are remnants of our summer living in Kansas City when [...]

Two challenges for 2011 3

I’ve been wanting to tackle a BAHG. Or at least a miniature one. Something. I wanted an opportunity to push myself short-term, learn something new and ship, ship, ship. Not to mention, setting a goal (and sharing it publicly) forces me to keep going and complete the task even after I get over the initial [...]