I don't even know how to begin summarizing 2013. But I can tell you that for the last week I've been feeling very bitter about the start of 2014. I'm sure it's connected to the end of my maternity leave ( Read more... )

It's gonna be COLD this week (highs during the day hovering around 0F) So this weekend while it was (relatively) warm we got out in the woods for a family hike


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So I bought an extra copy of Free Range Knitter by the Yarn Harlot. I didn't mean to get an extra. I bought it because I needed to round up an Amazon order to get free shipping. I thought "gee, I only own two of her books" and added one randomly to my cart.


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Here's a pattern that's been a long time coming. These socks made their first appearance more than a YEAR ago... The Frost Aster socks are finally available!


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I have an interesting dichotomy on the needles right now. First there's the warm and woolly - bartlett and malabrigo, cables and seed stitch.


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The tree is up


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Neil and I have been going to the Llama farm to buy our christmas tree for years. This year was Windsor's first trip though! We saw the llamas,


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If you didn't notice Tangled Magazine closed up shop a month or two ago... I noticed because I had FOUR patterns published with them. When they stopped distributing my patterns the rights reverted back to me. But I wanted to get everything into my own layout before uploading them to Ravelry. (Becausae I'm an over-achiever, or something ( Read more... )

I'm showing off a new pattern today! Meet the Lady of Rohan:


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Today's motto: it's a pie crust, not fine art.


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