The Pursuit of Craftiness

On New Year's Eve, I was swapping canning stories with my dear co-conspirator Hannah. She makes the most delicious everything. If we're all really...

Here is part one of the materials list for my wedding skirt and veil:  1. Large bag of dupioni and charmeuse silk scraps donated by the fabulo...

So it's been mighty quiet around these parts for the last couple of months. This was not standard blog burn-out - I was busy getting married, twice...

There is a children's book I remember fondly from my childhood called "Rain Makes Applesauce." If my last two weeks were a similar book title, it ...

I trimmed back my lemonbalm plant this weekend, and used a muffin-tin to make giant lemon-balm ice-cubes. You may be wondering why. Well, fresh le...

Sometimes, comfort food is the only thing that does the job. It was a less than stellar day around here yesterday. My sweetheart got stuck in a to...

Last weekend started out with a morning knitting date with Yang. She's helping me draft a raglan sleeve pattern for my two-tone sweater. It's the ...

I vanquished the variegated yarn, and finished these lovely fingerless gloves. If it wasn't insanely hot and humid here, I might be tempted to wea...

My knitting turned on me this morning. My mild-mannered fingerless glove suddenly resembled an enraged sea urchin out for blood. What caused this ...

The advent of the shiny new job has set off many changes in my world. The commute time is changing the way I craft and what I make, and the whole ...

I have a great new job working with nice people. The only downside is that the office is a long ways away from my house - close to eight inches! I...

Once upon a time, back in the days when I was really putting the "starving" in starving artist, I made myself a skirt that I loved about as much a...