Over the past month, the temperatures have been pushing upward of 80’s – 90’s in the south. Only a very few cool days have come and gone, little time to sit outside and stitch. It’s finally another cooler day today and beautiful weather to work outside…stitching that is. After staring at the computer screen for several days, I’m giving myself a break from the screen for next few hours and I’m going to enjoy this beautiful afternoon working on a fall jacket design (for myself) and I’m doing it outside. I have a swing at the back of my garden, grape vines and trees offer shade and today it’s calling me to come over, sit down and stitch for a while. Only natures music and a mild breeze. And the grape vines are full of grapes, so I’ve picked myself a healthy snack to eat while stitching.  Continue reading “How’s Knitting or Crochet Helping You This Week?” →

I’ve talked about how crazy all our lives get, it’s always something, but we get through it.  Some are good days, some are bad days … I think difficult days are somewhere in between … but at the end of the day, I always have a project I’m stitching on.  That’s what keeps me sane! Continue reading “How’s Knitting or Crochet Helping You this Week?” →

I have them, you have them …. They are everywhere!  Every few months I go through my craft room, piecing together those projects I started with good intentions of finishing, but never quite made it.  I diligently work at getting them completed, vowing to never let that happen again.  I start a project, then I find another and another and … well, you know how that ends up.  Guess what … it keeps happening and here I am again going through all my Unfinished Objects again!  I have a room full of items at various stages of completeness.  I work at a job that allows me to knit and crochet.  I have yarn and all the fun tools and accessories around me most every day.  I see a new yarn or a new pattern and can’t wait to get started… I’m doomed! Continue reading “Can We Talk UFOs?” →