Mondays are for the Millennial Mothers (and dads too. And aunts and uncles, grandparents and friends. It’s just more alliterative this way…) We are raising kids at the start of a new millennium. What are we doing? What are the challenges, old and new? Are we different from, or turning into, our own mothers? Post… Continue reading Millennial Mother Mondays — Becoming Mom
Category: Passions
All my posts about things-about-which-I-am-passionate-other-than-writing: you’ll find posts here on parenting, knitting, cooking, frugality, the environment, gardening and whatever else catches my eye this week.
Breathe…
So, I cast on a Hanami Stole yesterday. I’m here to write about my experience today, so we’ll skip over the beaded cast-on (which went well), and the knitting-of-the-first-row and the unpicking-of-the-first-row-when-working-with-tiny-fuzzy-yarn and the part where I reached that point after getting to the end of the first row for the third time where I… Continue reading Breathe…
Temptation
Ooo, I have a pullover and a sock on the go, neither of them small projects, really, but neither of them in the first flush, either. Both are about 3/4s finished, so naturally I’m looking around for a sexy new love. And I think I’ve found it. I’m sitting here trying to resist winding into… Continue reading Temptation
Tension
I’m going through a trying time. In short, I’m having my second miscarriage in five months. But I have two lovely children, I have faith, I have friends and I have people who love me, so it’s all better than it could be. But the other weapon in my arsenal, against the monsters lurking in… Continue reading Tension
Funny Cable Increase — For Julie
This is for the other Julie McC. (yes, I used to be one too), who is having trouble with a cable increase that I had trouble with recently. They tell you to knit into the front and back of a stitch and then find the vertical strand below it and knit into that. Wha….? I… Continue reading Funny Cable Increase — For Julie
Me 'n' The Yarn Harlot in Philly!
So I finally got to see Stephanie Pearl-McPhee! You have to understand I’ve been reading this woman’s blog for over two years and have been trying to get to see her for almost as long. Each time she has come to the area it has been a more-than-an-hour’s drive away and something has come up… Continue reading Me 'n' The Yarn Harlot in Philly!
Me ‘n’ The Yarn Harlot in Philly!
So I finally got to see Stephanie Pearl-McPhee! You have to understand I’ve been reading this woman’s blog for over two years and have been trying to get to see her for almost as long. Each time she has come to the area it has been a more-than-an-hour’s drive away and something has come up… Continue reading Me ‘n’ The Yarn Harlot in Philly!
Starting Projects
A week or two ago I had one, (count it!) ONE work in progress. OK, there are probably a few things in the back of the cupboard that are unfinished but I don’t consider them works in progress since, for that, there would have to be some, well, progress. So I was working away on… Continue reading Starting Projects
Over It
It’s been an up and down kind of morning. But it’s official, I’m out of Sock Wars. I was SOOOOO disappointed, having been SOOOO excited. But I think I’m over it now. And I’ve just cast on a design I like much better than the Sock of Doom and I’m keeping them for myself. I’m… Continue reading Over It
Fave Pic So Far and a Worry
This is a great picture of someone’s weaponry. AND it turns out there was an email yesterday that I didn’t get until this morning (my fault) that said to make sure you had registered fully. I don’t remember choosing a nom de guerre or entering my shoe size (which is not to say I didn’t… Continue reading Fave Pic So Far and a Worry