After some light testing, I’ve narrowed down the sensitivity when knitting to the Ultra Alpaca. It was so soft that I didn’t immediately peg it as the offending yarn (the itchy palms and the slight stuffiness I was experiencing stopped when I took a break from making the Ultra Alpaca headbands). However, this is actually [...]

If turkey is for Thanksgiving, then holiday cookies, cakes, and candy are for Christmas. For the third year in a row, I was in charge of the Christmas baking. There was cheesecake and fool proof fudge. There were also many varieties of cookies: chocolate crackups, chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter kiss, snickerdoodles, and spritz. [...]

A few days ago, unbeknownst to the public at large, my secret pal sent me a gift certificate to knithappens.net, a yarn store in VA. (I held off announcing this happy occasion until I had agonized enough over my choices and placed the order. No need to spoil the surprise early.) I placed the order [...]

Recently, I’ve found this wonderful headband pattern and have been churning them out (well, ok, I made two so far, one for a Christmas party gift trade thing and perhaps two others as gifts for my cousins who better not be reading my blog right now). The pattern is called “Irish Hiking Headband”, and you [...]

I am currently hunting down all the best in mitten patterns. Once I’m finished, I will combine them all to create a franken-mitten. My mother has requested convertible mittens, the sort where the top folds back to reveal an inner fingerless glove. Sadly, I will not be able to go crazy with color and design, [...]

A few weeks ago, my secret pal sent me a package. It was shiny, also beautiful, also full of pint-sized goodness. A veritable mishmash of many of my favorite things! I promptly absconded with it to my room, savoring each part and taking a multitude of photos to document each discovery. Then I forgot to [...]