It’s been a week filled with beauty, love, and plenty of challenges.  Like most weeks, basically.  Ella’s had a wicked chest cold for about two weeks, which wakes her in the night coughing (which wakes me int he night to comfort her).  I did manage to sneak in a bit of crafting while a babysitter ...
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It’s getting close to baby time now, and the days are both moving slowly and also very quickly.  After a few crazy days of doing too much, my midwife ordered me to do nothing, so I spent most of last week doing as little as I could.  I’m glad to say I’m feeling well again, ...
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Joining Ginny of Small Things today for Yarn Along.

I’m almost done with my Shalom cardigan – only one more sleeve to go! (And how fitting that this is called Shalom, since peace definitely seems to be a theme in my life these days). I am really excited about this sweater. Honestly, I ...
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I have been slowly but surely making a few things for this coming winter baby.  We’re planning to EC, just as we did with Ella, so even though I think handknitted baby pants are insanely adorable, it makes a lot more sense to make some teeny tiny wool legwarmers. (Just pretend you can’t see those ...
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Today, I’m joining Ginny for Yarn Along.
Some of you might remember that Fair Isle yoke I was adding into the Hourglass Sweater.  Well, it turns out that I can knit Fair Isle, and that the pattern is every bit as beautiful as I hoped.

It also turned out, when I tried the sweater on, that the ...
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Wow, you all sure know how to cheer a gal on!  Your comments were so sweet about my Fair Isle, you inspired me to get a move on it.
Most exciting of all, the winners (chosen by random number generator) are:
#20 Amy said:
I’d love to win the copy of Fix Freeze Feast
# 14 Caroline said:
Wow, what ...
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Hello everyone!  First, I want to say that your comments on my last post have been so amazing to read, and I hope everyone takes a moment to go back and read through them.  I find myself both a little sad that so many of ...
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This week, the weather is all over the place. One day is mild and sunny, the next it’s snowing, or (today) sleeting. I am doing my best not to declare it Completely Awful, but instead, Good Knitting Weather.
I’ve got a big stack of books this week – All Year Round to get ready ...
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Happy Wednesday everyone!
Today, the Spring edition of Rhythm of the Home is live with an article by yours truly about the importance of working with our hands in the home.  Be sure to check it out for lots of amazing inspiration from all sorts of folks!
Also, I’m joining Ginny and others today for Yarn Along.

The ...
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Thank you, dear friends, known and unknown, for all your incredible words and emails these past few days.  You’ve touched us so deeply, and I am so grateful.  I was really, really nervous about that post, and you could not have been kinder.
Here, I am taking care to work harder than usual to be ...
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