Fall is probably my favorite season. I like the weather: warm without being unbearably hot, cool without being middle of the winter cold. I like the food: hearty soups and stews, warm breads, and apple pie. I like the colors as the leaves turn: bright yellow, rusty read and deep orange. I’ve talked a little […]
Mid-Month Middle Earth 2
The photo for the post is having technical issues, we hope to have it up by the end of the day. *Edit, the photo is up!* We’re back with my cross stitch project, the map of Middle Earth! I’ve started the actual stitching and I live in perpetual fear that I will have missed 1 […]
Pumpkin Problems
I can admit I have a pumpkin problem. I like just about everything about pumpkins. I like their colors, I like the shape of them, I like the way they taste either baked into a sweet or savory dish. Heck, I like the way they feel when you hold them, the smooth skin and hefty […]
Sock Drawer Secret
So I’m going to start this post with a confession: I have never knit socks before. I have wanted to knit socks before; thought about knitting socks, looked at patterns for knitting socks, drooled over sock yarn and even bought a few skeins. Those skeins are currently sitting on top of my yarn stash, a […]
First Friday Fiction: Shadow on a Street Corner
I know we’re in November now but yesterday was just Halloween so I decided to pull out one of my short stories that is just a little bit spooky. I find a lot of inspiration for short stories in every day life, a sensation, action or visual sparking an idea for a character or scenario. […]
Climbing Up and Down
Funnily enough I was interested in knitting a zig zag blanket long before I began knitting. It started in elementary school when we were reading the book “Esperanza Rising” by Pam Muñoz Ryan. In the book the main character, Esperanza, is taught to knit a zig zag blanket by her grandmother and the grandmother’s description […]
Blanket Blocking
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not terribly good at blocking my knitting. Even though I’ve been doing it for a while I’m never sure if I’m doing it quite right. I’ve read all the Reddit threads, I’ve looked at videos, I’ve read other blog posts. Most everything I’ve ever blocked has come out […]
Appreciating Endings
Sometimes, while a project is a lot of fun, there comes a point where you’re just glad to be at the end of it. Sure there is an almost meditative feeling to knitting row on row of a blanket, but eventually your fingers start to hurt and you’re going a little cross eyed from making […]
Apple of My Eye
It’s apple season, and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the baking blog posts than talking about one of my favorite fruits! There are so many wonderful things you can make with apples: apple pie, apple strudel, apple bread, apple sauce (though that’s more cooking than baking). I could go on […]
Mid-Month Middle Earth
Some time ago I got a Counted Cross Stitch pattern for a large map of Middle Earth, and I am finally getting around to working on it. This is a cross stitch project that I am very excited for, but also nervous about. To be completely honest this series is going to be as much […]