I admit that I can be a bit of a yarn snob and really only like to work with wools and other natural fibers. I just don’t like how acrylic feels under my fingers and I can usually knit a sweater with a basic wool like Knit Picks WOTA for less than the cost of […]
Spring cleaning is well under way at The Monster Household and I’m really taking stock of what I have, what I need to pass on to other crafters and what I need to buy to finish my umpteen million WIP hanging out in the studio. So many projects that just need a button or snap […]
I knit. A lot. Like a lot, a lot. Like a few things a week a lot. But I have never knit a sweater for myself. Not for lack of effort. I scour Ravelry fall after fall, collecting all my favorite sweater patterns that would be good possibilities. And yet, each winter, i do […]
Do you ever have one of those projects that is just SO cool in your head and you sketch it out and start on it and it just doesn’t quite come out right? So you start over and make changes and it STILL doesn’t come out right? This hat has been frogged and reworked off […]
What IS that thing? Why did I make it? Why would you ever need something like that? If you have little girls, you make find yourself needing one more than you think. A’s hair was too short to put up into a “proper” bun and she needed one for her recital […]