Not Quite

You'll recall that this whole star thing started as a way to make it snow.  It still hasn't worked, but apparently my furnace heard about my concerns and wanted in on the act.  So last night, when it was just the tiniest bit nippy outside (even if it wasn't snowing) he stopped working.  Well not quite, he kept blowing air, he just stopped heating that air before blowing it on me.  Very refreshing. I responded with stoicism and wool.   And another star. My office windows are now full, so it's likely time to stop.  I'm sure the snow will arrive [...]

December 7, 2012|

Easily Amused

Huh, ok, you guys like the stars.  Honestly, I'm a little surprised.  I find it ever so slightly shameful that I like them (they're paper...folded paper...there should be fairly low amusement value here).  I'm downright shocked that you guys do.  I was expecting some folded arms and foot tapping and a little gentle prod back in the direction of the yarn. But who am I to argue?  The first round of stars didn't do it (no snow yet), so now I've added a yellow one to the mix.  It might be my favorite so far.  I've got one more window [...]

December 6, 2012|

My Misspent Youth

Earlier this week, I opened the windows in my house.  Yesterday, I went to the grocery store wearing sandals.  Something has to be done.  It's December, it's Ohio, it should not be in the 60s.  I need to make it snow.  This is traditionally done by hanging either straw stars or paper stars in the windows. Now, let me back up.  I'm not sure either of these things is a very traditional holiday craft in the States.  But I grew up in Germany, and making both of these was always part of the season.  The straw stars make a huge [...]

December 5, 2012|

Coffee Ice Cream

While we did not partake in the traditional Thanksgiving feast, we did still devote some time to cooking and gluttony this weekend.  One of these expressions of culinary frivolity was the  making of coffee ice cream and home made chocolate sauce.  Now alas, getting a really good photo of the ice cream in my dim dining room before the hot chocolate sauce caused too much meltage proved a challenge beyond my skills.  So you'll have to suffer with a mediocre image of a mighty fine ice cream.  Ice cream so fine I'm compelled to share the directions with you. I [...]

November 25, 2012|

Ornamental

Everything looks better on the beach.  Rocks are shinier and more colorful when they're wet.  Shells are too, and they don't have nearly the same risk of funny smells when they're still by the shore (that only develops after you've forgotten them in your trunk for a week).  This shameless deception leads me to pocket no end of beach-y treasures.  They're always less charming when I get them home.  You'd think I'd know better by now, but I still fall prey to the shiny every single time. This most recent trip to Maine was no different.  I came home with [...]

November 18, 2012|

Step 1, Burn the Candle

Yesterday, I sent the bulk of KCC2 off to Genius Book Designer (hint, I make the knitting pretty...she makes the book pretty and useable...we like her).  Now this in no way means the book is done.  It just means all of the patterns and the bulk of the other text is ready for her to work her magic.  It's one of those milestones I talked about.  It's not an endpoint (that doesn't come until the book goes off to the printer), but it is a nice little resting point.  So, after sending off the book, I decided to do something [...]

September 1, 2012|

Science

We have two sage plants in our back yard.  They're at least four years old and they're huge and vigorous and more or less indestructible. They started blooming early this month, and by this weekend they were covered in purple flowers.  Now, you're supposed to pick the flowers off before they bloom.  Something about making more leaves that way.  We don't need any more leaves (and we're kind of lazy), so we're not all that good about the flower thing.  But Saturday we were doing yard stuff, and in a fit of unusual diligence, The Boy picked all the flowers [...]

May 23, 2012|

Instant Gratification

I don't knit scarves.  Any attempt to knit a scarf is met with boredom and then despair.  I don't have the necessary fortitude to make a giant rectangle of unending sameness.  Cowls, yes.  I can even see a shawl (especially one of the charming asymmetrical ones).  But not scarves. So it may come as something of a surprise when I say I whipped out a scarf on Friday afternoon.  A proper, woolly, fiber-y scarf. It started like this. A few minutes later it looked more like this. And a little bit later still it looked like this. That last picture [...]

April 9, 2012|

Breaking out the Machine

I saw this over on Design Sponge and fell instantly in love.  It's awesome all on it's own, but they even show it filled with yarn.  Very thoughtful of them! It's made from paper, and it seems like the perfect excuse to break out the sewing machine.  I have a vague feeling I'd need to get a special super sturdy needle for it (like one of the ones for denim), and I might try out the fancy decorative stitches that my machine makes, but I definitely want to play with the idea.  Now...to find the paper...anybody think colored tissue paper [...]

January 31, 2012|
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