Tonight is July's full moon--the Thunder Moon so named because of the thunderstorms that rumble through the summer. Thunder Moon is a crescent-shaped shawl that is worked from the bottom up. Short rows create the crescent shape. The lace border is a textured zig zag lace that reminded me of ... Read More about Thunder Moon
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Jay Bird
I'm editing photos for tomorrow's pattern release, and I found all the pictures I took of Juliana last week. Jules is a blur from the moment she wakes up to the moment she goes down for the night. Last week, I caught her in a rare moment of quiet. It's so rare that she is still long ... Read More about Jay Bird
Zora Shawl
Last fall, Knitscene put out a call for designs for a special Accessiories issue. I love Knitscene. It's one of my favorite knitting magazine so I was all over this call. I started sketching, flipping through stitch dictionaries, and swatching but nothing was really exciting me. So I put it down for ... Read More about Zora Shawl
Holiday Weekend
We visited my family over the Memorial Day weekend. The kids are always so excited to go to Grandma's house. On Saturday, we had a family reunion with my maternal grandmother's side of the family. It was HOT so we did what normal people do. Give the kids squirt guns. Juliana declared them ... Read More about Holiday Weekend
Yikes
It's May already. Holy smokes! This year is zipping by way too fast. Let's sum up some things since my last post in March (!). Liam's kindergarten evals and IEP are complete. He'll be in a general kindergarten classroom with an aide for support. He'll receive more time for ... Read More about Yikes