Posted in Photography on November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
shhhh….a little trip over the holiday week-end before a business meeting and I’m still getting over the 8 hour drive back home, but here is a little treat and sneak peak at some pictures that I thought you might enjoy! These sweet treats are from a little shop called Kara’s Cupcakes in Ghirardelli Square, right next [...]
Posted in Inspiration on November 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Did you all survive Black Friday? I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We were amazed by the images on TV with shoppers waiting in line for stores opening at 4am yesterday! We happily dashed off to the beach where it was blissfully quiet. I am posting a bunch this week-end, with lots of discoveries [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns, Lessons Learned!, On the Needles on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
This project is my ‘first’ Brittish Fair Isle project, resulting from my year long quest to find soft yarn for Fair Isle projects for a warm weather climate. After gaining a bit of confidence with purling in two colors with my mitten project (below), I decided to advance to a whole sweater knitting in flat rows using [...]
Posted in Vintage Sewing on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
This explains a little bit about why I’ve been so busy lately. I started a new job about three months ago, lots to learn, and I just come home pretty zonked and ready for bed most days. I was taking my PBB in a grocery bag for the longest time, too tired and too busy [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Getting through the last few weeks was alot easier having these books to read in the wee hours of the evening and early morning. I’ve been wanting to read these for a few years now and they were well worth the wait. Its such a nice feeling waiting for so long for something, it just [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on November 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This was the source of all my joy and happiness last week-end after discovering how much fun it is to use the Norwegian method of purling. I wanted to test out my new found skill on a small project and I also wanted to explore what these Rowan yarns were all about for Fair Isle [...]
Posted in Photography on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
End of a long holiday week-end and big sigh because it felt all too short!
I’ve enjoyed seeing so many wonderful photos from around the country and around the world from craft bloggers that have really inspired me so I thought I would reciprocate and share some of the Fall scenery from Southern California.
These shots [...]
Posted in Photography on November 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A little babushka doll came by for a little visit to say hello! She and all her little babies came from Russia. We found them in a little music shop in a small college town that still exists in a time warp where folk music and berkenstocks still rule. Even today, you can walk in for [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned! on November 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It has been super busy around here, no time to make progress on anything, so I’ve been doing reading things, and studying technique for the past month or so. A little excitment occured last night when I picked up a UFO and finally figured out how to Norwegian purl! Oh my goodness, giggles, and more giggles [...]
Posted in Patchwork on November 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I will be taking a break from blogging for awhile but just wanted to say thank you to so many wonderful people who I have met and had the opportunity to speak to, and be inspired by.
Other things have sort of taken over my life for the moment but I hope to be back in a month [...]
