I've been trying to keep this blog singularly devoted to craft. What I'm making, publications that are coming out with my patterns in them, events that I'm going to be at and so on. Today is different, today I want to talk about life and finding happiness in the present and the journey. If you've followed this blog or know me in person you know that I have two daughters, Amanda and Serra. Music is a big portion of our lives, be it songs on the radio in the car or the fact that both girls participate in their school band programs just as I did. Marching band takes over in August and dominates the calendar through the State Championships...
Good morning! It is a quiet Sunday morning here as I'm typing this. Girls are getting as much recovery from the past few weeks and hopefully a jump start on the two weeks to come. August through October is always full with marching season and the beginning of archery season. So here is a bit of a time out from the chaos to catch up online here with you. In keeping with my goals to publish at least one pattern per month last week I posted the Dayflower Wrap to Ravelry. It takes approximately 1000 yards of light fingerweight yarn. I used Prism from Lambspun of Colorado. It is handdyed there in the shop and is 50% merino and 50% silk. ...
Life here in my world seems to be in full swing. School has started again, marching band has taking over and archery practice will join the slate too. In the meantime around the girls believe it or not I do occasionally work :) Here's what I've been up to lately. Saturday it was a wedding. In what feels like a past life some days I made cakes and sometimes still do birthdays. This time it was the wedding of a dear friend that decided to tie the knot in Vail this past weekend. Congratulations Ena and Steve!! In August, you were also treated to a new pattern in PIeceWork's Sept/Oct issue along with a cable hat pattern for Yarn Crush box. ...
Again another month has passed in the blink of an eye. Some days drip by like the sands in an hourglass and others fly around the track faster than you can think. The calendar turned to August and the first five days have already been full of band camp, a first concert and a treasured traditional trip to the ball park. Today I got to spend time with Lori of Cowgirl Yarn in Laramie, Wyoming as part of the Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl. For those of you that don't know, a yarn crawl is just like a pub crawl. You travel around to local area yarn shops tasting all of the different offerings of cashmere, merino, silk and more. As the...
Here we are again...another month and I didn't say a thing to you about this crafting life. Maybe that's a good thing though, last thing you need with your own crazy lives is me butting in too much. I have been told however that my stalkers get lonely without me so here goes. June is really the only month that the girls get off from school. What?! You're saying? Yes summer is the standard June, July and August here in the Fort, but both girls are now involved in band. Summer band camp for one begins July 17th and runs for three weeks. This one is important as this is her first year in middle school. She's not going where...
