My 40th birthday is just round the corner and I am plotting great plots to celebrate. In the past I have run a sale on all my patterns and host a mystery KAL but this year is a big birthday. Four decades, people! Four of them. So I decide to go big or go home. Continue reading
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Last Stop on the World’s Most Dangerous Antiques Roadshow -2015 Tour!
There is the smell of fresh fall apples in the air as the tour comes to a halt in front of the shelf that houses a bifurcated artifact; our final stop for this tour. Bifuracted artifacts are two objects that want to be together. Once separated they will ‘act-out’ in an effort to get back … Continue reading
Deal Me In!
Luck isn’t always a lady or Ole Blue Eyes wouldn’t be trying to convince her to behave. Continue reading
April Showers Bring May Flowers
As April draws to a close I would like to take a moment and introduce you the first of two new shawl patterns I will be posting about in the coming weeks. Peri·anth noun \ˈper-ē-ˌan(t)th\ :The sepals and petals of a flower considered together. This design was born of a desired to create a sideways … Continue reading
October Mystery KAL – Final clue!
At this point you have this pile of knitted bits and are cringing with the thought of sewing all of them on. Never Fear! Pick a Saturday afternoon and put on TV show or movie that you can listen to rather than watch. This will be done before you know it. “…And what … Continue reading
New Mystery KAL – Clue 3
Has a week past already? I don’t know about the rest of you but I am running behind this month. I got Clue 2 done just under the wire. I promise we are done with bubbles until Clue 4. Here is Clue 3 and name of the mystery pattern 1 cauldron (pewter, standard size … Continue reading
October Mystery KAL- Clue 2
I am bubbling with excitement because it is time for a new clue! Have you got your last clue finished? Do you have a lot of tiny bubbles? Do you have a lot of medium size bubbles? Then it is definitely time for the next clue. FAIR WARNING! At the very end of the post … Continue reading
October Mystery KAL – The 1st Clue
IT IS TIME! I am so excited! Anybody else excited? Anybody just want me to get on with it and post the clue? As promised I will post it on the blog as well as the Ravelry Group. Here is the first clue, abbreviation/techniques and supplies needed for the KAL. Eye of newt … Continue reading
October is the month for Horrors
I love moments of serendipity. When we had our last stop on the World’s Most Dangerous Antiques Road Show, I did not even consider what month Lovecraft’s Key was going to be made available for everybody. SURPRISE!!! This pattern’s 6 months is up October 1st! How crazy is that? Because of the looming Mystery KAL, … Continue reading
A Love Like Gerda’s
In 1844, Hans Christian Anderson wrote the Tale of the Snow Queen. This tale was read to me or read by me every year when the winter chill set-in as I was growing up. This is one of those interesting stories that not only sticks with you but morphs as you grow older. When I … Continue reading