Movement was the theme for yesterday . . . I woke up and the sun was out.  It was a breath of fresh air and vitamin D.  I walked a few blocks to an estate sale I had heard about that mentioned the promise of yarn.  Estate sales are often a little odd and bittersweet, rubbing elbows going through someone's home sifting through...

I have been dreading today since November.  It is of no surprise that the weather seems to be mirroring my mood today.  So I am finishing up the last of a project that I have been working on for a month in preparation.  Normally I am not much of a pink fan but for the past month I have been knitting hats for...

Reflecting today on how to have my craft be part of the world- to be of service.  Today I had my 4-H knitting kids over to my house as we are launching into the 4-H year.  This is my second year of volunteer service.  To be able to share this handcraft with them is incredibly meaningful- not just in sharing a handcraft down...

One gift that we have done for my husband's mama since the boys were babes has been a calendar towel each year.  It is a tradition we have enjoyed as we had some of the calendar towels from her mother.  I love the practical side of a calendar that you get to use as a towel after. I started getting one for my...

We are welcoming in the New Year and I am pretty sure we are going to need lots of luck during 2017 and then next four years for that matter- ugh!  So I knit up a little wool good luck mushroom pulling from our German heritage symbolism that would include pigs and mushrooms in their holiday traditions.  You can see several examples of...