Welcome to the dark side of making things.
These size 1 needles are so tiny. And what do I do with this stupid cable? And why does my work have a big bare string of yarn in it?
I’ve watched 16 YouTube videos called “Getting Started with Magic Loop!” and it’s 11 pm and I was already emotionally raw because we watched the last episode of The Mandalorian tonight, and why did I ever think I could knit socks?
Stop. Reset. Go to bed. Everything will look better in the morning.
Sometimes life is busy. Sometimes deadlines are overwhelming. And you get a little lost in it all. You forget to look for the magic. And other days this happens: And when it does, you remember that life is abundance. You breathe in and see it’s one big circle. You breathe out and remember we’re all…
The knitting fairy stopped by and she had my new yarn and teeny tiny circular knitting needles! Socks, here we come! Squee!
This morning, the horses got out. Someone banged on the door and the dogs went crazy and I went and opened it and the lady told me the horses were out. Great. I pulled on my boots and ran down to the barn for lead ropes and cookies. That’s when I noticed the gate was…
After all the things I’ve made, making friends is still my favorite. My amazing son Samson took this photo of our sweet boy Jack
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Our beautiful disaster. I give you the strom-pizza: The horror It started this morning with a cheery, “Let’s make pizza for lunch!” John looked dubious, but I was already measuring the flour. I had a funny feeling that I interpreted as, “I used the wrong yeast.” But…
After the horror that was Strom-pizza, John suggested that I try again with instant yeast, so I did. And woo-eeeee! The dough turned out great! The recipe I used said it makes 4 dough balls. We used two for making our pizzas and froze the other two. Once we tried it, we thought maybe we…