The Pursuit of Craftiness

I'm back! I had a lovely week-long vacations from screens of any kind via a rafting trip on the Lower Salmon River on Idaho's border.           W...

This week's things: Thing 1: Schedule friend meet-ups for vacation week. Thing 2: Upload 3 finished objects to Ravelry. Thing 3: Finalize river tr...

There's this funny thing that happens to many, many newbie knitters. As soon as their first project is finished (usually a garter stitch scarf), t...

It's been a hot and beautiful week. The garden has needed to be watered every day, and it's given me a great excuse to be out and about in the sha...

Last week was a 2.5 out of 3 week. 1/3: The mango chutney making finally happened, and the results are really yummy. I've got four half-pints, whi...

Today, I give you a sneak peek of a new project coming for September. I did the first proto in KPPM and Fyberspates Scrumptious, and am now sampli...

I love my garden. I could give you a whole slew of reasons why it's not bigger, better, further along - we moved, late start, rainy spring, blah, ...

My score for last week's W3T is 2/3. I did make fruitcake and arrange my vacation, but mango chutney did not happen. Instead, due to various sched...

Happy Monday! As a way to jump-start the week, I'm going to be posting three things I'd like to complete this week as part of the We Three Things ...

Despite the blazing heat and the crazy humidity, “planning season” is finally starting to start. It’s the time to work on the colors and yarns and...

  So DH and I went on holiday to Bangkok... and I just happened to see lots of Thai silk. Yeah, quite the serendipitous coincidence. Here are my be...

It's been a fun and busy week. I spent lots of time at the loom this week, working on the Spectrum rug.         I'm moving through a color sequen...