• Starting Jan. 2nd

  • Antiqued Silver Eggs

  • Bluebird of Happiness

    We’ve had a couple grey rainy days so I’ve been working on this cheery little piece. I love simple pieces featuring birds lately & was really inspired by the art of Andrea Zuill of Ba...
    Apr 20, 2009 3 Comments

  • What’s Happening

    Since I finished my Garter Yoke Cardi & another sweater I made for Matt is in the “set in the zipper stage” I got to cast on a new project. My friend Lori & I had decided aw...
    Apr 13, 2009 1 Comment

  • Squirrel Pillow

    I’ve been working on this throw pillow for awhile now but finally finished it this week.I think all the squirrels we have running around here in Minneapolis are so cute, despite the fact the lov...
    Apr 08, 2009 1 Comment

  • Garter Yoke Cardi, Done!

    I finally finished my Garter Yoke Cardi from Knit1 Magazine.I pretty darn happy with the results. The shaping on it is quite flattering & keeps the sweater from looking too bulky like so many han...
    Apr 06, 2009 2 Comments

  • DIY Adjustable Light for Starting Seeds

    We decided to start a lot of our vegetables from seed ourselves this year instead of buying plants from nursery. We figured it would be cheaper in the long run since seeds are cheap & can be save...
    Apr 02, 2009 1 Comment

  • Free Dala Horse Embroidery Pattern

    For my mom’s birthday I made here a wall hanging using the Andrea Zuill’s Heart, Birds & Flowers pattern. She wanted another piece to go with it & I suggested a Dala (Swedish) Hor...
    Mar 27, 2009 5 Comments

  • Parade of Grumpasaurus

    Its been so much fun watching how quickly people are knitting up the Grumpasaurus pattern….Lynn’s Grumpy Grumpasaurus done in Paton’s Soy Wool Stripes Silvia’s Grum...
    Mar 13, 2009 4 Comments

  • The List

    A little recap of what’s currently happening in my world… KnittingStill working on the Garter Yoke Cardi. I’ve had to rip the sleeve out 3 times to get the decreases right since I ...
    Mar 09, 2009 No Comments

  • Free Pattern – Grumpasaurus

    Matt & I have a saying around our house that if one of us is grumpy then we are a Grumpasaurus. I’d been batting around the idea for awhile of knitting him up a toy version of the Grumpasaur...
    Mar 02, 2009 69 Comments

  • Hearts & Flowers

    It was my mom’s birthday this week & my present was that I flew down to see her. But I wanted to make her something as well & when I saw this free pattern from Badbird’s I knew i...
    Feb 14, 2009 5 Comments