Thoughts about crafting in general, or people who have influenced me.
Today is my mom’s birthday. She’s been gone well over a decade, and as her birthday comes around I start to think about all the things she never got to see me do, all the talks we never had. A big area of my life is everything I’ve done with… Read More »Happy Birthday Mom
On Saturday I completed an act of bravery – I ordered yarn online, from a German site, and didn’t use Google Chrome’s translation services. Nope, not a word. Found my yarn, the right colorways, check out and everything. Even figured out the shipping and returns policies to a sufficient degree… Read More »Daring and a bit of Good Luck
Confession – I like to read Dear Prudence on Slate. On Friday I was reading the latest Dear Prudence and felt a crafter’s sense of indignation over the woman who complained her daughter-in-law was “improper and stingy” for giving her a blanket she’s made from materials purchased with a gift card given… Read More »Giving and receiving handmade gifts
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. This is our second in Germany. Last year we used the Thanksgiving holiday to visit Germany and check out our future home. We ate dinner on Thanksgiving at an Indian restaurant. This year, we ordered takeout from the same restaurant Wednesday night so… Read More »Thanksgiving
We woke up to a grey chilly day yesterday. It had clearly been raining all night and a light rain was still coming down. Add to this that we only get about 9hrs of daylight right now (if you think that’s not bad, consider that for a “standard” white collar… Read More »Comfy Handmade Clothes
We haven’t buckled and turned on the heat yet (well, except 30min in my office only that one super cold rainy day early in October). This is thanks to three things: 1) good insulation, 2) being cheap (me, not my husband), and 3) good woolies. We’re both clad in nice… Read More »Woolie Chic
A couple years ago I knit “It’s Not About the Hat” to learn a way of managing long floats (in preparation for the blanket I finished this September). At the end of it I knew how to manage the floats and I had a hat. But it wasn’t MY hat.… Read More »My hat! On TV!
Today we will lay my maternal grandmother to rest. She died last December, during one of her beloved snowstorms in Harbor Springs, MI. There is a lot I could say about my grandmother, but this post will focus on her influence in my life with regards to fiber arts. The… Read More »In Memoriam
One of the last things my husband and I packed up before leaving was our artwork. We both come from art loving families, and each brought a fair bit of artwork to our marriage, whether it was pieces collected by family members over the decades, or (especially on my side),… Read More »Home Decor, Orange and Pink
The last two days saw two major textile related milestones. 1) Our washing machine was installed. Folks, we have been without a washing machine since we moved into our apartment at the end of May. Unlike in the states, where apartments come with a washing machine, a shared laundry room,… Read More »Critical Textile Update
