Hello 2024

This wild weather has me all out of whack… but I do have some goals I’d love to accomplish in 2024! #MakeNine2024 This year, I built my grid out of WIPs (and some of them may be familiar!). Hoping I’ll have a complete grid to show off by then end of the year! Expand on […]

Goodbye 2023

Happy New Year! 2023 was a year I was just happy to survive, but I’m still celebrating my wins (and acknowledging the losses) for my resolutions this year: Wins: I did better on my MakeNine2023 than I did on my MakeNine2022! I had three finished objects, four WIPs, and only two that I did not […]

Kerry Woollen Mills

Taking my usual gift-crafting break until the new year! Wishing you and yours a great finish for 2023. Our last stop on our amazing tour of Ireland was Killarney, which was also stunning. Beautiful mountains, our hotel (that Walt Disney stayed at!) was on a lake and had a bunch of lovely touristy activities to […]

Inis Oirr

This was by far my favorite locale of the whole trip! And really, would a knitting tour of Ireland be complete without a visit to the famous Aran Islands (you know, where Aran fisherman sweaters get their name)? We spent all our island time on Inis Oirr (pronounced EE-nes SHEER), which is the smallest and […]

Kylemore Abbey

This was a stop a ways out of Galway, but one of my favorite stops on the whole tour! It’s a beautiful castle (and walled Victorian gardens that still make produce they use in the restaurant on site) nestled in a mountain on a lake in the Connemara region of Ireland, famous for it’s stunning […]

Handmade Halloween 2023

I’m Ken’s buddy. All his clothes fit me. I was immediately struck by Allan in the summer phenomenon that was Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” I know Michael Cera’s performance and the fun awkwardness of the character played a part. I also acknowledge that Allan’s iconic shirt reminded me of a granny stitch, and that’s probably the […]

Burgundy Heirloom Cotton

“Some real Little House on the Prairie Shit.” I got a text from my friend Becca asking if I wanted some cotton to spin. This was curious because Becca does not spin, and I was totally unsure where she would have found some. “I guess my neighbor is growing some with no intention of using […]

IKEA Tromma Clock

Yarn Social made me do it… Which stands to reason that some peer pressure can be a good thing! This was the first place I saw the Tromma clock from one of my all-time favorite places: IKEA (your girl loves meatballs and clever storage!). This $3 ($3!! I love IKEA) clock has holes punched in […]

Woobles Review

I work in social media marketing, so when I see ads on Facebook or Instagram, I tend not to get sucked in. If anything, seeing them helps me do my job. I am constantly looking at them from a strategic standpoint, so it takes a lot to get me to buy whatever the ad is […]

Patterns for Mini Skeins

This will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me even a little bit, but when Sewrella Yarn came out with a line inspired by the Disney Parks, I about lost my mind. I’m actually pretty proud I didn’t buy the whole shop. I made some concerted choices with specific patterns in mind, […]