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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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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Joining Ginny and others today for Yarn Along – sharing our knitting and reading.

I wanted to show you how those fleece-stuffed mittens (from Fox and Geese and Fences) are coming along.  It’s not the fastest knit, for sure, having to pause and add in all those bits of fleece, but the first mitten is done ...
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(Joining Ginny and many other for Yarn Along).
This is clearly going to be known as the winter of mittens.  With Ben and Ella both mittened up, and my hands getting numb from cold as I type and knit in the computer room while listening to archived Beacon shows, I cast on these Toasties with some ...
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(Playing along with Ginny of Small Things with Yarn Along.)
This week, I’ve finished one bootie for a little baby friend, and am quite hopeful that I will indeed finish the second one by the holidays.  These are made with the Stay-On Booties from Knitting for Baby (an excellent book, which I used to re-teach myself ...
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Today I’m joining Ginny’s love of knitting and reading with Yarn Along:

One Zimmerman mitered mitten done, one to go!  (And yes, I know there’s no thumb yet – she has you unravel some stitches to place the thumb in the exact right spot!).  Looking at this fun new book we have at Wheatberry, geared towards ...
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Grateful to be less miserably sick (although definitely still recovering).
Grateful for my first food other than miso and chicken broth – I craved cabbage soup.

Grateful for family visiting, warm fires, and these brave little candles in the window.

Grateful that this vest is almost done!  (I took this photo for Yarn Along, but our power was ...
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