There aren’t many days during the year that living in a house without central heat/AC becomes full of drama. There are more days in the heat than in the cold that are bad. But this last couple of weeks….? Killing me! It’s a cinderblock house, on a concrete slab, and …
I mentioned earlier the contest I’m running this year on Ravelry, 12 in ’14. Here’s my first FO! Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Andre in Cinnamon Sugar Test Pattern: Maeva by Stefanie Bold Started: 01/03/14 Finished: 01/29/14
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Windling in Avocado Pattern: Simple ribbed hat Started: November 20, 2013 Completed: November 25, 2013 Notes: We were on vacation in the snow. Amy didn’t have a hat. I had yarn. BAM!
Do you have a hard time waking up in the morning? Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. Yes. Mostly. Somewhat? When I’m still IN bed, my mind usually starts going a million miles and hour about things I want/need to get done during the day. But by the time I stand up, minutes later, I’m …
In the last couple of weeks (even when sick, that’s what DayQuil is for) I’ve been doing a lot of this – And what I haven’t been doing, is working myself too hard. WHO AM I? I’ve been doing the barest to get by: making the things I absolutely have …
The last of the updates this week! These are all new, as in, I have not yet had these colors dyed up in these bases. I’m so excited, too, because they all look lovely. Most of them are Lynn, my standard DK base, but two of them are in Emma, …
New Year’s Eve is usually a large party, and this year was no exception; I think at one point Aunt Gay said we were at a head-count of 53. Soon they’re going to need a bigger house! It was great to see a few people who hadn’t made it in …
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Tiptree in Capricho de Gaudi Pattern: simple toe-up sock Started: July 24, 2013 Completed: November 23, 2013
Yes, more yarn! I was busy last week working those dye pots. Today’s update is for luxury sock yarn; Marion (a merino/cashmere/nylon blend) and Moon (a British Blue-Faced Leicester/nylon blend). All the colors are restocks (Cranberries, None of Your Beeswas, Red Mars, Vodka & OJ, and The 70s Have Called), …
Second post of the day, and third yarn update this week – this is for my standard sock yarns, Andre and Tiptree. There are a few restocks (Buttercream, Soylent Green, The 80s Have Called, and Irish Coffee) and some that for one reason or another I’ve just never had in …
I meant to post about this yesterday, so… expect another post later today with even MORE yarn. Hopefully you will survive. 😉 The second yarn update of the week is another worsted weight; Windling, my luxury Alpaca/BlueFaced Leicester blend. No restocks here — six new favorites that I had not …
If you went to a beach and it turned out to be a nude beach, would you stay and go swimming? Me? Heck yeah! What’s the big deal? Bodies. We all have them. None of the nudists I know are pervs; they’re about being nude, not about being naked (if …
Yesterday I drove about an hour south of where I live, to buy some supplies from a reasonably-local business (I call it “reasonably local” because it’s only about an hour drive, tops, and it’s another woman-owned ceramic supply company that started off small and is not corporate/big-box owned). Anyway. While …
This week in HaldeCraft I have a lot of yarn to update – so much so that I’m going to divide it up and add a little each day! Today’s offering is Tepper, restocked in Browncoat, Irish Coffee, Pretty in Pink, School of Circus School of Magic, The 80s Have …
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Tepper in “Irish Coffee” Pattern: St. Brigid by Alice Starmore Started: October 7, 2013 Completed: November 21, 2013 Notes: Technically I didn’t so much as “finish” as “give it to a friend on the condition that they never speak of it to me again”. The collar still needed to …
Alas, the plans I had to start the year off by hitting the ground running…. were sort of derailed by this cold I’ve had for the last two weeks. Lots of sneezing, lots of feeling sorry for myself, and lots of not having the energy to do as much as …
I’m sick of being sick. I’ve been on-again-off-again sick since JANUARY 3rd. That’s TWO WEEKS. Sweet Zombie Jesus. It’s been the same sore throat/post nasal drip/sneezing/non-productive cough/snot factory… in varying degrees… for two weeks. Some days I feel almost human, until late in the afternoon, when I start wanting to …
Yarn: Madeline Tosh sock Pattern: Lycaena virgaureae Sock by Hunter Hammersen Started: October 19, 2013 Completed: November 17, 2013 Notes: I was so sad these didn’t fit me. But they fit Amy! So they went to someone I love!
What things are you good at, that your parents were good at, too? Borderline hoarding. Making piles of things to go through later. Sweeping said piles into boxes, to go through even later. The super-power of no flat surface being safe near me, I will explode all over it. Oh, …
This week in HaldeCraft I have a small soap update – Three designs, and nine fragrances (all restocks); Black Amber & Lavender, Cedar & Saffron, Coconut Lemongrass, English Ivy, Island Coconut, Lavender Lemon, Mandarin Myrrh, Peppermint, and Raspberry Oakmoss. You can find all my soap here. Thanks, y’all!
Y’all know I’ve been taking a photo a day for almost eleven years now. What, what? Even I didn’t realize it was that long, but when I went to go look, sure enough, I started in 2003. A lot of pre-2009 was lost in the Great Blog Disaster of 2009 …
Is there as much excitement in the air for you as there is for me? Winnie-the-Pooh says that it’s not the moment that you you’re eating the honey that’s the best moment, it’s the moment before you start to eat the honey; that moment when you savor the awareness of …
The last Friday of my vacation, I felt myself coming down with Con Crud, that sickness you get after being with a lot of people you’re not usually with, and clearly one of them was contagious and didn’t know it, and now you’re in for it. Friday was a sore …
Hey, what, what?! Remember these? I found my book of questions while I was cleaning up my office over my vacation staycation whatever I just had, so let’s bring it back! Man, today’s question is really going to date some people, because kids today have ALL THE THINGS. When you …
