I’m Legit!

I am SO excited right now… I’m a legitimate crafter at Etsy who’s been included in a beautiful treasury! Thanks so much to one of my favorites, MaisyandAlice!

Even better? My scarflette has gotton 22 clicks so far… second highest of all the featured items! I couldn’t be prouder.
Well… maybe I’d be prouder if someone actually [...]

Kristin’s Scarflette

Kristin asked me to make her a scarflette to match her new coat and handbag. She chose the yarn and said I could choose the pattern and button detailing. I picked a mini-bobble pattern and even taught myself how to crochet so I could put a girly picot trim on it. And, to top it [...]

Sage Against the Machine

I’ve had an opportunity to make another Etsy Treasury! I’ll admit it… I’m totally obsessed. This one is all about the various shades of green we call sage (with a bit of yellow and pink and blue thrown in). Quite pleased. The image links to Etsy… Check it out and leave me your comments!

Curmudgeon 2

Jen finished my new banner for Etsy and it’s uploaded… I think it looks awesome! If you’re interested in having Jen do some work for you: www.jenwakeman.com.

Curmudgeon

I finally got my Etsy shop up! Right now the shop is called PDXKNIT, but I’m working with Jen to get a more professional banner and I’m changing the name to Curmudgeon. I posted my first two items in January – two scarflettes.

You might recognize the yarn from the second… I used the leftovers from [...]

I’m Back!

Wow… I’ve been gone for a long time. It wasn’t that I didn’t think of you… I just didn’t write to tell you so. But now, here I am. And, I’ve set up some personal goals for myself so hopefully I’ll be around more often.
To start, let’s recap what I’ve been up to.
After Thanksgiving my [...]

Dyeing with Dignity

Finally! For a blog that was started with the intention of sharing frequent knitting updates, I sure haven’t talked about knitting much.
I’m in love with my group of ladies who meet every Wednesday to drink and eat and chat… oh, and to knit! We have so much fun and I really enjoy all of their [...]

It’s Like Christmas All Year Long!

One of my Christmas presents arrived today – my first issue of Vogue Knitting magazine! I had actually completely forgotten about it so it was such a nice surprise to see it on the shelf when I got home yesterday!
Still have a couple of other things to finish up before I can start something new, [...]

Spring Has Sprung

It’s been an interesting time, living in Portland. These nearly four weeks have been full of wonder. I’ve decided to make a little list of things that have seemed important or interesting or happy.
In the last week or so I’ve noticed that there are birds singing when I wake up in the morning and my [...]

I Heart Elephants

I got my Elephants Delicatessen cookie out this afternoon and just had to take a picture of the bag for you… seriously you guys, could this place be any cuter?

And, the cookie was delicious to boot! (I’ll come back to that term in a later post… I really have no idea what it means.)
AND! Guess [...]