The SAFF fly-by

Though our trip to SAFF this year (nearly a month ago now, really?!) was not much more than a fly-by, it was graced by a couple brief but great meetings that I wanted to share. Brittany was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic supporters of my 3Day raffle, so when she mentioned that she [...]

Yarn Tastings, Fiber Festivals, and Socktoberfest, oh my!

Just a quick little post before we packup and leave town (again). This weekend’s travels will take us dangerously close to Rhinebeck, but family priorities rule. In addition to our local spinning guild which has been a wonderful source of new skills, friendship, and fiber camaraderie; I finally made it to a meeting of our [...]

10 Years

We’re returning to the real world today after being off since September 12th, our 10 year anniversary (not to be confused with our 15th! We were together for several years before we were married, so we still have a soft spot for our original celebration date.) We had such a great vacation with some very [...]

Tad’s Turn

I’ve got a special celebrity blog guest for you all this evening – The infamous Tad of tadandmel.com, here to answer a few questions meant for the significant others of us knitters.  I got this from Shannon, and thought he might have fun with this little interview. Maybe you all will too. (Oh dear, I [...]

Thrifting

It was over 7 months ago now that I made my Wardrobe Refashion pledge. I haven’t done any exciting re-fashioning (I suppose that the bobble sweater could count, but that might be a stretch), but the initiative and the refashioning blog have reinforced and expanded some of my philosophies about clothing and shopping, what’s needed [...]

Unexpected

But very much appreciated: Shawl of the Week: Chrysalis What a nice write up Meg, thank you! I’ve been glowing for days.