The winner of the skein of Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca is commenter #15. Congratulations, Denise! Denise said, "I would make something that would go against my skin because it looks so soft - a cowl or scarf I think." ... Read More about Winner Aslan Trends Giveaway
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Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca Giveaway
I have some lovely, lovely yarn for you. Recently, the fine folks at Aslan Trends contacted me and wanted to know if I was interested in reviewing their Royal Alpaca yarn and hosting a giveaway on my blog. Of course I was! I received two skeins of Royal Alpaca and began swatching one of the skeins; ... Read More about Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca Giveaway
Star House Cowl
Let's talk about my latest pattern, shall we? This is the Star House Cowl in the latest issue of Interweave Knits. It's a lace cowl with tiers of picot edges. When the call to submit came out last year, I knew immediately what I wanted to do. I had used this particular lace pattern before ... Read More about Star House Cowl
Banana Bread
We made banana bread today. The kids were out of school (again!) due to the extremely cold temperatures we had today, and we had some bananas that were just this side of bad so we put them to use. We used the recipe from Smitten Kitchen except we didn't add any bourbon and we added some ... Read More about Banana Bread
Derby Day
Yesterday was Liam's first Pinewood Derby. If you're not into the Cub Scout thing, the Pinewood Derby is a car race where the scout builds his own race car from a block of wood. Liam and Doug spent the past few weekends building Liam's car. Liam did some of the sanding and painting of ... Read More about Derby Day