cleansing the pallet

In my last post, I mentioned having some failures, so let’s get that out of the way real quick. My Boutis project isn’t going to work – not surprising really, since I tried to use an embroidery pattern instead of a Boutis pattern. You can see the raised areas where I stuffed the flower petals [...]

twelve days

Has it really been 12 days since I posted last?  I spent last week in an allergy haze, saved by a z-pack, only to pull a muscle as soon as I started feeling better – which resulted in a neck crick that made me unable to look to the left! Sometimes you just don’t want [...]

wordless wednesday

new beginnings

I’ve always loved making things.  I credit my grandmother, who always had some sort of project going on.  She quilted, she painted, she embroidered, she knit.  She ordered kits that contained everything needed to complete a project and when I’d visit her, she put my hands to the task. Many years ago, I went through [...]

friday flower

The zinnias are starting to bloom! Hope you have a great weekend!

summer of sox

It’s shaping up to be a summer of socks around here.  Temps in the 90s, 80% humidity and no relief in sight. These are the man socks I knit for the gift basket.  Trekking XXL in decidedly man colors.  I’m now three pair of socks to the good, woo hoo!  We’ll see how many actually [...]

things I love

deadheading the cilantro and making impromptu aromatic bouquets farmer’s market strawberries and invisible stockinette seams!