Since our trip to Maine didn’t work out, I spent a few hours yesterday playing with dye. I wasn’t happy with how my first try at the watermelon design came out, so I gave it another go. I did two skeins… the first is a “seedless” watermelon since I wrapped up the watermelon color before [...]

“Well some say life will beat you down, break your heart, steal your crown. So I’ve started out, for God knows where, I guess I’ll know when I get there. I’m learning to fly, around the clouds, but what goes up must come down.” -Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne Needless to say, it was a [...]

First things first, my cousin Rachel came over to knit with me the other night and look what she is doing!!! She is making a bag made out of recycled plastic bags (okay, I am totally blanking on the official pattern name)! The pattern is from Simple Knits With A Twist, by Erika Knight. I [...]

Through all the Harry Potter craziness, I’ve been knitting rather than reading. I actually started this scarf the end of May… however, it became lost in the shadows of larger projects. I am knitting this for my 10 year old cousin named HP (yes, how odd and coincidental) which stands for H. Perry (with Perry [...]

First things first, who are you people?! And, why have I never found you before?! Yes, I am talking to all you RAOK’ers out there that are spoiling me to death! Why do I deserve such beautiful gifts?! I totally appreciate it and know that I love giving as well… but I never knew there [...]

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