Happy Halloween everyone!  I can hardly believe A-it is the end of October and B-I am wearing sandals today!  I have enjoyed a day off work with the fellas.  The pre-teen is going trick or treating after I fill his belly with chili and the teen is helping hand out treats tonight. I saw a little inspiration in internet land and decided to...

When I came across this old photo in the book I shared with you recently, People Knitting a Century of Photographs I knew it should be shared on Halloween eve.  It is labeled as "Halloween reveler costumed as little old lady with her knitting ca. 1915.  Not sure what makes it more interesting- the vintage feel of the photo with the paper cache...

I took the afternoon to start putting out some harvest/Halloween decorations.  Even though the boys are way past picture books I cannot resist putting out some reading for the season featuring my favorite ghost- Gus!  I loved him from my childhood and I also added some printed burlap to the decor this year.  I like the simple design that gives a rustic- look...

Looking forward to a nice long weekend and getting ready for Halloween with my crew.  Out will come the spiders, pumpkins, and other Halloween decorations this weekend.  Remember that rustic churro wool yarn I came across?  I took a break from the cardigan knitting this week and knit up a little rustic pumpkin.  It came out pretty darn cute so I thought I...

I really enjoy this time of year and to celebrate it I thought it was time for a little give-away.  To celebrate all the fall beauty spirit that is around us this is my little leaf sprite that loves to hold and share bits of nature with you!  She sits on a little wool play mat in fall harvest tones and I am...

Have I mentioned how I love that my boys will join me on some adventures that they normally would not because they know how much I dig it?  I will share later a camping adventure they indulged with me surrounding wool, but I digress! So as it would happen to be I was on our local library's website yesterday requesting a new knitting...

Happy to report what is on my needles will hopefully be off my needles by the end of the month- fingers crossed!  I started the cardigan "practically" this summer.  It has traveled with me on fishing excursions, camping, lots of nights at YEOW, and plenty of soccer, and some fall festivals. I had to set it down for a few weeks when I...

The mornings are getting cooler in these parts and so the sweaters are starting to be broke out of the closet and I thought I would feature a toy that also is feeling the effects of the cooler weather and snuggling down into some homemade sleeping bags! These little wood slugs are one of my favorites- for some reason they just crack me...

I do have a love/hate relationship with spiders.  On the one hand I really truly appreciate the beauty of these little nature weavers and the amazing role they play in the circle of life- you know keeping the bug population down and all.  But on the other hand I am a bit of an arachnophobe and they weird me out quite a bit....

October has lots of meaning for folks- fall, pumpkin spice, leaves, Halloween, sweater weather! Among all of the orange, gold, and dark red harvest there is lots of green clovers that are getting ready to celebrate a new year.  You see October is the beginning of the 4-H year.  That means finding out not only what my own fella's would like to explore...

Last weekend comprised of 5 soccer games, 2 trips up I-70, and about 4 new inches on my cardigan.  Word to the wise soccer mamas and papas out there that may also be knitters; don't forget to google the town where said soccer tournament is at to see if there is a local yarn shop in a sweet little downtown that also happens...

So if spice if the variety of life than I am taking a break to bring in another variety of pumpkin decor this October.  You see, when we get real pumpkins there is a problem that keeps occurring.  A certain nut burying, tree swinging critter in these parts seems to think that every time a pumpkin appears a dinner bell is being rung...