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Kindred Spirits
I’ve been bitten by the crochet bug recently, design name notwithstanding. Meanwhile, Lexie’s developed a sudden interest in an item I knit her a couple years ago (not one of my own designs), which has inspired me to design something similar in crochet (it’ll be my first crochet pattern). I happened to have a skein [...]
My other family tradition
I’ve talked before about how hand crafting is part of my family tradition; those family members who made beautiful things with their hands are a large part of what inspired me to do the same. But on Veterans’ Day, I’m more proud of another family tradition: a tradition of military service. My grandfather (my mother’s [...]
Camp memories
I want to linger A little longer A little longer here with you It’s such a perfect night It doesn’t seem quite right That this should be my last with you Come September I will remember Our camping days and friendships true And as the years go by I’ll think of you and sigh This [...]
The New Normal
The Navy spouse motto: Semper Gumby (Always Flexible). The normal in my household has undergone some pretty drastic revisions over the last few months. After just getting home from deployment in March, and then being gone much of the summer, my husband’s ship learned they’d be repeating the same deployment…with a little less than 2 [...]
Camp Loopy, Project Two – Week 1
6/27, 12:30am – Cast on! Well, for the swatch, anyway; I lost track of the start date and didn’t get my swatching done in advance. Oops. 6/27, 12:44pm – After an abbreviated night’s sleep while my swatch dried, it was time to cast on for real! Fortunately, my first needle size choice worked, so I [...]
