My husband is a visionary. He has great ideas and the ability to actually make them happen. This is why he ran a mission organization for 20+ years before settling into the full-time pastorate. But not every idea he has is a good one. Today I was fretting over the size of the temperature blanket… Continue reading When the Husband “Helps”
“Flowers are like friends; they bring color to your world.”–unknown And so the perfect gift for friends is…flowers. When I saw this Flower Shoppe Afghan kit from Herrschners, Inc., I knew I had to make it. It took some time, but the result is AMAZING. With the sun shining through the window on an early… Continue reading Into the Flower Shoppe
Pink. That’s the color that started ideas swirling in my head. A friend of mine asked me to make a scarf for her grandaughter. There weren’t any specifications except that it needed to be pink. I started off thinking I’d put hearts on it, but it wasn’t working like I planned. I took the scarf… Continue reading Spring Is Coming Scarf Pattern (Paid Pattern)
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I have a confession to make: Over the summer, I cheated on crochet, my first craft-love, my one and only. How did I cheat? It pains me to say this, but I learned . . . embroidery! Easy access to inexpensive kits and warmer weather coupled with the lack of personal creativity, came together in… Continue reading A Confession and a Promise
Imagine this: you’re on vacation and you get an email from a friend telling you about a yarn sale. You could ignore the email, or you could click on the link and treat yourself. I’ll let you guess what I did. Lion Brand yarn was offering a Christmas in July special–a Santa sack filled with… Continue reading Christmas in July
A warrior is someone who is “engaged or experienced in warfare” (m-w.com). According to The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, MS is “an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body.” In other words, those with MS have a battle happening… Continue reading Crocheting for a Cure: MS Warriors
Knock, KnockWho’s there?OrangeOrange who?Orange my favorite color. Orange may be famous in knock-knock jokes, but in the real world, it can be a very polarizing color. Some people love it and some people hate it. I love it. I think there are two reasons I like orange (and, hilariously, they contradict each other). First, my… Continue reading Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say…
Gender Reveal Baby Blanket: buy the pattern HERE. I never had a gender reveal party. But I did find out the genders of each of my children. Once we found out, we wasted no time sharing the news with others over the good, old-fashioned telephone. Lately, gender reveals have been getting a bad rap because… Continue reading Gender Reveal Baby Blanket (Paid Pattern)
The perfect finish to a coffee date with friends is a stop at the yarn store. It’s been a long time since I went to a real yarn store: one with a kaleidoscope of colors and textures and fibers. Darn Yarn Needles & Thread is located in the quaint downtown of historic Harmony, Pa. (In… Continue reading I Love Yarn, Darn It!
