Filed under: Fibre Crafts, How-To, Make Lists of Things, Needlecraft, Random Geekery, Review Things, Teeth | Tags: crafts, crochet, DIY, knit kit, knitting
I got a tweet this morning about a new product called “The Knit Kit“. It contains a small pair of scissors, stitch markers, point protectors, stitch counter, thread cutter, crochet hook and a measuring tape and retails for a mere $20 US.
I cry “Highway Robbery!” as I made my own “knit kit” for far less than that more than a year ago, and by pure accident rather than whim!
Filed under: Baby!, Drama, Fibre Crafts, Get All Mushy, Get Older, Health Stuff, Listen to Stuff, My Kids, Needlecraft, Plague, Things I Do, Unrequited Lust For Jim | Tags: 33, birthday, blue rodeo, hats, Jim Cuddy, Jim Cuddy - sex god, knitting, levity, mc, miscarriage, spring, ttc
Do you ever have that feeling that you’ve something terribly important to share and it’s right on the tip of your tongue, but actually being able to say it aloud eludes you?
That’s how I feel today. I blame it on the weather — it’s a glorious sunny day, with temperatures hovering around 0C. The air smells like Spring, the yard looks like January, and the melding of the two has me feeling uplifted and revived without a clear focus for the creative energy.
Filed under: Awkward Conversations, Baby!, Drama, Make Lists of Things, Needlecraft, Things I Overheard, Things I Read | Tags: Baby!, Books, miscarriage, ttc, urban foraging
- I’m in a better head space over the miscarriage — at least I know I can still get pregnant and that the surgery in the Fall must have helped somehow.
- Our Dr gave us the go ahead to start TTC again immediately.
- A friend just had a beautiful baby boy — a big one like #2. I can’t wait to meet him and might have to knit another hat. I’ve become addicted to baby / small child hats. (more…)
Filed under: Books, Fibre Crafts, Holidays, In The Kitchen, My Kids, Needlecraft, Things I Make | Tags: #1, Baking, Holidays, Homemade Holiday, Wizard of Oz
It’s hard to believe that Christmas is so close, and I’ve still so much to do — though to be fair, most of it is for local folks. I’ve the stuff for mailing just about ready to go, minus the baking (which I’m trying to finish up today and tomorrow).
I’m pretty darn’ happy that I’ve not bought “things” for people but have, instead, put time, effort, and a whole lot of love into making gifts by hand. There is something deeply satisfying about gifting from one’s talents — I’m left feeling that I’ve truely given a gift from the heart.
That said, the gifts for kids do have a little something “bought” to go along with the gift I made — nothing big, mind you.
