It’s really hard for an inveterate revealer like me to keep crafting under my hat for the sake of gift-giving. Even to the person involved, let alone cyberspace. I just want to share every step of the way (particularly the frustrating glitches, but also the triumphs), and Christmas or birthdays can’t come too soon for… Read More »
Making ready.
Today I am… … Baking bread to be ready for when I won’t have time to bake, but will be feeding lots of large, bread-eating people. Today it was spent-grain bread. Already in the freezer: Italian bread (3 loaves) and sandwich bread (2 loaves) and rolls (30). Every day I make some… But we still… Read More »
I needed an Easter garland.
Just before Easter, my dining room seemed so…Lenten. I could picture something colorful…something bright…white…colors…floaty…. It was Good Friday after the service and after the simple meal, while the boys watched the Celtics and Kate re-learned to crochet. A hiatus in the cooking… I started rummaging around. I knew I didn’t have the right kind of… Read More »
Naptime DIY: Greeting Card Mobile
My sweet little baby is not yet very good at sleeping apart from me, though he does a great job at night next to me in bed, and during the day generally wrapped up in the moby (which has been a lifesaver for me!). I figure he spent the first nine months of his life… Read More »
Make knitting needles! A tutorial.
Here’s a little glimpse of a bigger project that I will tell you about in a bit. It involves making knitting needles, because yes, I’m too cheap to buy a bunch of needles at the store. For the same price as one pair of bamboo #7 needles, I made 8+ pair (I just haven’t finished… Read More »