When I was really little, maybe 5 or 6, I stumbled upon a little hot cross bun beaded charm bracelet at our local Sears department store. I must have known the nursery rhyme about hot cross buns, perhaps from one of my dad’s piano books–maybe it was one of the songs my sister and I [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty

Last week on a walk, I was asked if I had to choose between crocheting and writing, which would I choose. I like hypothetical questions, but my initial response was, “That’s a terrible question–I could never choose one over the other.” Then I expounded: “Crocheting makes me happier, creating, where I’m trying to go with [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Writing

The above title was my email subject line upon completion of the mini drum and regulation-size drum sticks seen here, designs requested for a little bloggy/magazine/crafty collaborative fun. (Um, I was *quite* proud of that subject line, maybe more than I was of the designs I came up with). But, you know how I loooooove [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty

Last month, I signed up for the Plush You! Schmancy Olympic Challenge and got assigned “Opening Ceremonies” for my plush-creating. And what do you know, I went with something crocheted and smiley. Oddly enough, I have not watched any Olympic coverage yet, and I just finished designing these…at the tail end of the games! Ah [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty

The web and world of print aren’t lacking in optimistic articles that advise forgetting 2009 and looking forward to 2010. Well, I’ll jump on the bandwagon for the second half of that (forget 2009? how about we all just learn from it instead?) After I wrote the last post on my 2009 health challenges, I [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Life

Lynne Barr’s Reversible Knitting was recently published by STC Craft, and it’s one of the most impressive pattern books I’ve seen to date. Lynne has designed 50 brand-new stitch patterns, and these aren’t just simple arrangements of knit and purl stitches that you’ve seen before. They’re original techniques and patterns and take into account the [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty