I finished my niece's birthday gift, and I'm extremely proud of it. I'll post pictures after I deliver it to my brother this Thanksgiving. It also occurred to me that it is Dannilynn's first Christmas, so I decided to knit her a stocking to go with the rest of the family. I can't post pictures of her stocking until I deliver it either, but I can ( Read more... )

So, every year, the yarn shops in Central Kansas get together for a weekend and have a yarn hop. My mom and I have gone together every year for the past four, and we have a great time. We hit every single shop, and we're gradually working on getting my sister out as well. Every year I say I'm going to take pictures so that I can better document our ( Read more... )

So, I've been meaning to start a weekly post of "What's on (and off) the needles this week?" but Christmas is less than three months away, so what's going to be on the needles for the most part is Christmas gifts. Of course this means that I can't really say much about those items, without giving away the surprise, so until I'm done with Christmas ( Read more... )

Saturday night, I was lounging on the couch, knitting my socks, when John informed me that we have about a dozen black walnut trees on the back tree line and if you're not careful they stain your fingers. I believe he was telling me not to play with them, and at the same time wondering how long it will take for the dye to come off, but all I heard ( Read more... )

Those of you who have followed me in the past, know that I've never been very good at keeping up with a blog. I'm hoping that this time will be different. That said, I guess I should (re)introduce myself ( Read more... )