Our house

Home Improvement

Our first home improvement project is done – we’ve had the house completely reinsulated. It was perhaps a bit crazy to get that done in January, but it made a noticeable difference even as they were just doing some of the preliminary sealing work before they got really serious about the actual insulation. (We got […]

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William Morris Cross stitch

Embroidery Notes

My William Morris Snakeshead cross stitch is done. I thought this was going to take me a year. I’m pretty familiar with how much time I’ll spend doing things on the side at home. As with many other things, this was the year I’d be wrong with that estimate. This pattern had no back stitch,

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Icy Seas

Knitting Notes

The Swan Islands Ikat Indigo Beetroot is gone – hexipuffed away. I’ve actually gotten in on a test knit, but I’m waiting on the yarn for that, so in the meantime, I’m doing some Icy Seas ornaments out of Knit Picks Palette leftovers, to see if I can get rid of some of that. I’m

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Bearly Bonnet

Knitting Notes

Pattern: Bearly Bonnet by Pure StitchesYarn: Swan Island Ikat Collection Watercolors in the Indigo Beetroot colorwayNeedles: Size 2 and 3 circs and Size 3 DPNs Finally, a project done!    It did feel really good to get this done and dusted.    I’m hexi-puffing the rest of the yarn right now – I decided I

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