ETA: Why yes, I do sell the Mantis costume...with improvements!  Drop by my Etsy Store and contact me from there.   The Businessman is a...

Even though the kids have no school today, the snow keeps them occupied with angelic thoughts. I love that we got 15 inches of snow...a wee...

A million years ago, I bought a pretty little sock yarn while on vacation. It looked a little like this in the skein: Then I wound it into ...

The key to my freak speed knitting on socks is that they're not frilly, lacy, cable-ey patterns. Except for a few rows of rib at the to...

Last December, I received a gift certificate for $15.00 to Cold Stone. But I don't like Cold Stone. I know. No normal person dislikes ...

First, I am pleased to announce that the recipient of the baby sweater has arrived. More importantly, he is small enough that the sweater ...

Last night was Boy's Night Out , which actually means Mom's Knitting Night but sounds more fun to the kids. When I got home, the Bu...

I am in a sock knitting frenzy. The only thing my hands want to knit is socks, on size 2 needles. For some reason size 2 makes the stretchie...

As I mentioned before, the Yarn Harlot (finally) published her pattern for Pretty Thing which readers have been bugging her about ever sinc...

Face Book has its advantages. For example, you come across a friend you haven't seen in years and she remembers you as always being a c...

My ungrateful son, Yummy, had asked for socks with a dragonfly on them last summer. I barely accommodated by squiggling some yarn in a sock...

Um, I sort of took a week off. It wasn't because I was sick, though I was. It was because I was in a knitting frenzy and I didn't wa...

At the risk of revealing another psychosis but in hopes that someone out there will identify... When you, as a woman, are sick, flat on your...

Mountain Mama is sick. My anniversary started with a mild cold and ended with hives covering 50% of my body. Two days later, when my skin h...

Ten years ago today, I began the biggest adventure of my life. I married this man: Whew! I'm pretty sure it's G-rated, but that pict...

The baby receiving the benefits of my knitting talent these days (and is providing a nice little distraction from the Norwegian Sweater) wil...

The first herald of my favorite season? It comes before the leaves change, before the mornings get nippy and before my cat starts sleeping u...

You may have noticed a lapse in my daily 'What I Made' feature. In my heart, creativity keeps me happy. In my head, going to the cra...

This hat is an emergency. If I don't make this hat right now, my world is going to implode. Even the Businessman agrees that this hat ...

Sometimes it pays to know people. Back in the day when I was child free and had a waistline I would take walks with my friend. Ever the entr...