I want to share a new pattern with all of you! I was hoping to get some actual pictures outside, perhaps even while at the farmers market…. but no dice. It was snowing while these pictures were taken (grrrrrr…..so sick of snow) It is my first crocheted pattern- so please be nice with any typos/errors…. … Continue reading
Finally!! The snow is was melting, the birds are chirping (actually they have been chirping for a while but I have felt bad for them- it was freezing out there!!) and I am already looking forward to the upcoming summer months. Also known as farmer’s market and garage sale season. So I decided that I didn’t … Continue reading
Simple living tip= window shopping on the internet saves gas and you can still do it with a friend via phone And this is what my mother and I were doing the other day- window shopping on the internet. It all started with me noticing a friend’s new purse (and maybe getting a little jealous) and … Continue reading
UPDATE: to everyone asking me about this pattern, it is no longer available and I do not have it. It was online and since I have made this purse, the owner of the pattern has taken it down. I appreciate that everyone likes the pattern, but I do not have it, own it, … Continue reading
As mentioned in a previous post, I sat down Saturday and made eleven produce bags. I am not the greatest sewer- and I am incredibly inpatient so I wound up doing my own, incredibly easy and not very great looking version of the other patterns that I have seen online. I know these are ugly, but I … Continue reading
There is finally a tutorial up on my “tutorials” page! Quick & Ugly Product Bags Please let me know if you use it- I would love to see the final product!! Continue reading
What is the best motivation for living simply? Why do you have to do it in order to make a statement about the economy, or environmental issues? Can’t someone just live simply because . . . well, it’s simple!? I know that I typically try to stick with knitting on this blog, but I was … Continue reading
I have had two of my patterns added to Knit Picks and I am so excited! Taking Flight Cerelia And to no one’s surprise, their pictures are about a million times better than the ones that I was able to take. 🙂 They have so many beautiful patterns though, I feel as though mine are … Continue reading
Well, one of the things that I wanted to do is done. A lace hat that will become a free pattern was finished and blocked before I headed to work this morning- yeay me! The Mod Podge is going well, half a sleeve was done last night. The sleeves always take me the longest to … Continue reading
. . . . when I think of knitting/crocheting. Not because there are scary projects, but because every time I go on Ravelry my queue grows, and then I get ideas, and then I doodle something that if I am lucky I will have the time to knit/crochet eventually, and I love what everyone else does, … Continue reading
A Simple Stitch 