The most annoying yarn ever*
I’m not sure why I was so excited to work with this Scrubby yarn from Red Heart. Any experienced knitter could probably look at it and tell what a total pita it would be to work with. Okay, okay, it’s not that bad. At all. It’s just different. The...
Knitting expansion
Back in April, I picked up this cute tote to hold all my knitting gear, and couldn’t imagine how I’d EVER fill it. Um, yeah… five months later… It’s not like I went (too) crazy buying things. I actually received all this knitting...
Random Thoughts Thursday 76
My younger brother and his wife received the blanket for James yesterday and sent me a very nice thank you and a few pictures of James using it!!! Made my day! I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but when I show pictures of someone’s kids on...
Basketweave baby blanket
36,750 stitches later… and the basketweave baby blanket for James is done! I started knitting this blanket on August 8th, then took a week off from it to make this blanket, then traveled three weekends in a row (and didn’t work on it much) so… I...
Process based vs results based
I’ve been thinking about the first post I wrote about knitting – NOPE. Not a perfectionist. (For now?). Basically, everything I wrote in it turned out to be true – my first washcloth I knitted looked horrible, but showed progress as I moved along. I...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and am employed by the federal government. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂