A Crunchy Life

Anything, really.  Because it is necessary for feeling well, whole.  This past week I knitted and I sewed.  The sewing project wasn’t quite a success, but I learned from it and it can be salvaged.  The knitting project is a success.  A new hat for me because my last one had stretched out so much [...]

Knitting sweaters for my babes who are no longer babies is requiring more planning on my part to be able to knit them on the sly and to finish them in time for gifting! This year’s birthday sweater needed a little extra time as I was modifying the pattern to be big enough for L4.  [...]

Folks, my semester is *so close* to be finished.  The students have been fun and engaging, but the sheer amount of grading has been oppressive.  Or so it has seemed with the Mayday show and Part II and Part III of the Anusara Immersion, along with all the busy-ness of the rest of the family, [...]

That’s how he appears in my eyes every day.  Soon he’ll be taller than me.  His emotional responses to everything are B I G.  But I still see the little baby boy in those eyes.  He is an expert at bringing out B I G feelings in me, too, both positive and negative. Seeing him [...]

On Tuesday I was all ready to go for Day 2 of the KCWC. After working on several projects for my upcoming show I went to town cutting and sewing these for my girl: I made her a pair for school in August but never shared them here. I drafted the pattern by extending an [...]

Here are the other results of my Button Expedition: This sweater (Ravelry notes for the cardi here) is such a good fit and I can feel how it is going to be wrapped around me often in the colder weather ahead. The only bit marring its perfection is that it pulls at the button band. [...]

Yesterday’s Button Expedition was successful!  I found these lovely buttons: Determined not to lose steam, I sewed on one set that afternoon before other pieces of my life needed my attention. I opted to finish the long-suffering button-less Comfort Cardigan. Since I had gone with a neutral yarn color I decided the buttons needed to [...]

Two sweaters.  One in bulky weight yarn finished a few months ago, one in fingering weight yarn finished yesterday. Both from the same designer.  Both have the same issue: they need buttons.  My knitting project weak spot, finishing the last details.  I’ve written about it before in this post. Today is a work-from-home-day all day, [...]

In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep From the mountains of faith To the river so deep I must be lookin’ for something Something sacred i lost But the river is wide And it’s too hard to cross even though I know the river is wide I walk down every [...]

Started during KCWC, finished in time to be mailed off for our niece’s 1st birthday coming up soon.  Sweet and easy knit, definitely one to make again someday. Knitting Stats: Pattern: TINY Tea Leaves by Melissa LaBarre Yarn: Vintage DK in Delphinium Notes: I followed the pattern exactly because that was the mood I was [...]