An Endless Variation

I recently decided to knit myself a Winter Endless Braid Ear Warmer I didn’t have time to complete the repeat 4 times so I did 3 instead as recommended at the end of the pattern and made the braid very loose instead of tight. I LOVE the result. It was a quick brainless [...]

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Brown Paper Labels

I have been wanting to find ways to re-use my brown paper grocery bags. I am always looking for good print paper and I had the idea today to make labels out of a brown paper bag. Here is how you do it.

Tape a piece of 8.5 by 11 [...]

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Thai Iced Tea

I have been wanting to learn how to make thai iced tea recently and I finally after doing some research was able to make restaurant quality thai iced tea. I decided that instead of making it with LOTS of refined sugar I would use agave. The result was delicious. Here is what I have learned.

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Fiona’s Pixie Hood (part 3)

I finally finished Fiona’s pixie hood. I knit this hood from a pattern by the very talented Amanda Keeys. This pattern (Zozo Pixie Cables) was a quick knit. I am a little slow at reading patterns because I am dyslexic. This pattern, as patterns go, was relatively easy to [...]

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Fiona’s Pixie Hood (part 2)

So I have made quite a bit of progress on Fiona’s new hat. I am following the pattern Zozo Pixie Cables by Amanda Keeys. I made it half way through knitting the hat and realized that I had mis read the pattern. I had to rip it out and start all [...]

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Knit Bow Tie

I have had the idea for a while to make a pattern for knit bow ties. All three of my children were asked to be in a friend’s wedding. She had found the most amazing newsie hats at the Gap. I asked how she felt about the boys wearing knit bow ties and she loved [...]

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Fiona’s Pixie Hood

I have been meaning, for a while, to knit a hat for my two year old daughter Fiona. I finally found the perfect pixie hood to knit up for her.

The designer of this pattern is a friend and briliant photographer/Mom/pattern designer Amanda Keeys. Amanda gave me this pattern a [...]

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Inspiring Coffee

I personally love achieving the highest quality…one might even say art…in every part of my every day life. Having kids has not allowed me to be as creative in my cooking but I make up for that with my latte art.

Before I got married I was a barista for several years. No, [...]

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Fall Color Palette


Here are some colors I am loving for fall. I picked up these yarns at Twisted PDX. I visit Twisted any time I am in Portland OR. I love everyone who works there and their selection is wonderful. This yarn store is where I received the encouragement [...]

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Bohemian Cinch Head Wrap


Introducing the Bohemian Cinch Head Wrap! This bohemian styled head wrap is cinched at an angle so it does not have the width of the other head wrap patterns in my store. Half way between a head band and head wrap this pattern is [...]

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