It’s finally starting to feel wintery here (truthfully, it feels like Fall to me, but that’s our Texan version of winter). It’s been rainy and windy and all of the yellow leaves are coming off of the trees. This has put me in the mood to start crafting for the holidays. Nothing like waiting till [...]

I can’t explain what has come over me when it comes to my dog  and sweaters, but I blame it on the super soft Bernat “On the Fringe” yarn I saw while in the big-box-flourescent-light daze. It was so soft, and I knew Fred would love it, and then, well, it kind of looked like [...]

One of the knitting blogs I read does an occasional post about the yarn they are knitting and the nail polish they are wearing. I can’t remember which blog, and I’ve spent a good twenty minutes searching, so I’m just going to have to post without a link. If it’s you, tell me in the [...]

Okay, I know it’s early. But I saw this cute tutorial over at Good Knits and I couldn’t help myself.

This wreath took about an hour to make. It’s not hard to do (it’s pretty much the same technique as  my Embellished Flip Flops), just tedious. I changed the edging to shells for mine, and I [...]

After a long day at the yarn shop, this is about what it looks like at our house.

Yep, still yarn dreaming even after working with it all day. I’m hooking a secret project with Malabrigo Arroyo that will be available sometime next year… Freddie decided to cuddle up to the yarn instead of fighting it [...]