knitting

  • Iron Craft Challenge #19 – I-cord and Grapevine Pumpkin

    Are you like me? Do you walk about gift and decor stores saying, “I could make that”? Do you furtively try to snap photos without getting caught by the store clerk? Well, that is how this ...
    Sep 25, 2012 2 Comments

  • Book Review: Ann Budd Knitters Handy Book Of Top Down Sweaters

    I have a new book in my knitting library. Ann Budd: The Knitter’s Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges. That is a BIG name for this book. But it is the na...
    Sep 24, 2012 1 Comment

  • Go Team Mittens

    I have to admit I am not much of a sports fan, but I do enjoy watching University of Michigan football games with my husband. Generations of his family have gone to the U of M. This fall we will be go...
    Sep 19, 2012 8 Comments

  • Eight Weeks to a Sweater: Knitting Start-to-Finish Demystified

    Have you ever started a sweater, only to find it in your WIP basket a year later? Let’s gang up on this project and get a sweater done, one week at a time. There will be weekly assignments and w...
    Sep 17, 2012 18 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project – Week 13

    (Every week until December 1st we will be making a small Christmas ornament that can be used in our Pocket Advent Calendar. Join us in making all 24 or just pick and choose your favorites.) This week ...
    Sep 14, 2012 7 Comments

  • Project: Knit Flying Pig Mittens

    You know what they say about when pig fly? That’s how I felt about my chances of ever getting a ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair. Well, these flying pigs certainly removed those doubts. Heart...
    Sep 12, 2012 14 Comments

  • Book Review: Custom Knits 2 By Wendy Bernard

    Let’s welcome the kids back to school, and usher in the ‘cooler weather’ with the return of knitting!! Yeah! And just in time, while you check your stash and get your project queue s...
    Sep 10, 2012 16 Comments

  • Second Premium or My Road to the State Fair

    So, the Minnesota State Fair officially ended this week. It is a big deal around here, 1,788,512 people passed through its gates. I’ve never lived anywhere else where the fair was such a big ...
    Sep 05, 2012 10 Comments

  • Donut Rattle for a Baker’s Babe

    My husband and I love our local farmers market. We’ve gotten to know a lot of the vendors there and really enjoy talking to them each week, as well as what they have to sell. One of our favorite...
    Aug 20, 2012 2 Comments

  • Road to the State Fair – 1 Day to Go

    Well, this is it, tomorrow my mittens will be delivered to the State Fair for better or worse. I got a little crazed at the end finishing them. I had planned to have a week at home between trips to do...
    Aug 13, 2012 3 Comments