I’m really loving these printed bags as well as these. The second bag would be especially great for an emergency knitting/crocheting kit for the car:-) This article made me weep, in a good way. I’ve been watching Round the Twist with Carin as a knitting compliment. I don’t know if the video aspect really helps …
Today was another very good mail day. Whenever there is a package too big to fit into the mailbox or one needing a signature, the mailman backs his truck into the drive and honks. Usually twice. In a house with 4 dogs in it, this is tantamount to declaring war. You do not truly understand …
I have been working on Althea by Dutch Knitting Design otherwise known as my friend Marleen Van der Vorst. I started this at Woolfest on either the 24th or the 25th of June. Well, that’s not exactly correct as I started this yarn as a different pattern but quickly decided to use Marleen‘s pattern instead. …
I’ve been listening to a lot of Aimee Mann lately and there is one song of hers that hits me in the gut every time that I hear it. It’s called Thirty One Today and it’s on her @#%&*! Smilers album. That’s the actual name of her album I didn’t do that to save your …
This weekend I had the great fortune of going to the Des Moines Metro Knitters group annual retreat called Sticks and Strings. It was held at the Country Inn and Suites in Clive, which was the perfect venue as it had such a laid-back atmosphere. None of the hotel staff looked too freaked-out by a …
After having a pretty rough week today I got the nicest surprise in the world. It was a Christmas/Birthday package from my friend Barbro in Finland with all sorts of lovely goodies in it for me! There were these awesome wrist warmers (which I put to use as soon as I took the picture of …
I was in South Carolina for a week for training for work. While I was gone, Red got her first ride in a car and trip to the vet. My mom and dad took her in a pet carrier which I really wish that I had pictures of. But hey, you gotta do what you …
Early yesterday the sun disappeared, the temperatures started to drop and the wind picked-up considerably. About the time that it got dark, it also started snowing. We didn’t get a lot of snow, but what fell has been blowing around all day. It’s reasonably cold out (it was around 8 degrees Fahrenheit [-13 Celsius] when …
Sarah Jane Humke 