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…
John’s scarf is really coming along, as you can see in the following video: t/w motion sickness It’s getting loooooong So we skipped green. Just cut that right out of the middle of the first skein. Luckily there was only one section that was green. I took this video right before I started on the…
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…
For the last year, I’ve eaten oatmeal for breakfast pretty much every day. I love it with fruit and almonds and cinnamon and a splash of milk. Yum! But recently, I switched up my eating schedule and bam! No more breakfast, which kind of meant no more oatmeal (or at least not every day since…
My vision to bring our tattered world back into alignment with what’s real I had an experience when I was 15 years old that changed my life. I don’t remember how it happened, but I was asked to be a camp counselor for a group of inner city kids for just one day. That morning,…
You guys. I thought it looked good the first time: First attempt Second attempt I don’t think my active dry yeast is very active. The quick rise yeast is a lot more fun. Am I cheating? Discuss.