So I seem to be a Group Ride Groupie lately. To celebrate Bike Month and to honor fallen cyclists, SaltCycle organized a special edition of their Critical Mass ride (theres one every month). And sinc...
So I feel the obligation to make note of my sporadic blogging of late. Do I have a good excuse? Not really. I think I just needed to take a little breather. But I think the break has been broken and ...
So you might remember my mom, the wonder stitcher, and the gorgeous Paris pillow she stitched for me. Well, she has done it again! This time to commemorate our girls trip to NYC last fall.How am...
Saturday was Salt Lakes Marathon. As we know, one of the great (or annoying, depending on where youre standing) things about the marathon is that the 26.2 mile course consists of city streets that ha...
So I know it has been a while, but I have been out and about taking advantage of spring. Its finally here, guys. Huzzah!But yesterday, in typical Utah fashion, we had a rainy, stormy day. So to wile ...
Here it is. The first bike ride of 2012. Although it snowed earlier this week, today was sunny and in the glorious 50s. If I didnt take Betty out for a ride, I mightve had a bicycle revolt on m...
Everyone, I have done a repeat knit. I know! This is unheard of in these here parts. And get this. Not only did I knit the same pattern over again, but also used the exact same yarn. But to be f...
So, Ive started a Tumblr blog. Why? Not quite sure yet. Just thought it would be cool to have a space to share all the little bits of Internet randomness that amuse me (without bogging down this blog...
Source: chad-thomas.com via Kara on PinterestWhat better way to tell you all how much I adore you than with a Downton Abbey Valentine?I love you like OBrien loves curling her bangs.(These fab Valenti...
Yesterday I signed up for the Little Red Riding Hood Ride. It is an all-woman, non-competitive ride (about 3,500 participants) that takes place in scenic Cache Valley in northern Utah on June 2.Altho...
Remember this baby sweater I knit for my niece, Maggie, almost two years ago? Well, look who is wearing it now...baby sister, Lydia.Could you just die?!
I might have mentioned this before, but I LOVE Liberty of London fabric. But while Ive slowly amassed a little Liberty fabric stash over the years, Ive not really sewed much with it, afraid...
Theres a place where craftiness intersects with technology. And that place is my hand, yall.Like my new iPhone case? I stitched it up myself.I am a fan of monograms and initials. So I decided to do a...
I really dont put a lot of stock into new years resolutions. Generally, I am oh so bad at keeping them. But you know what? 2011 was tough, guys. I was glad to see its backside walking out the door. S...
Here lies the last project of 2011. For Christmas, my sister, Erin, knit a hat for my other sister, Bri. Since it was super cute and I couldnt bear to be left out, I knit myself one over the last cou...
I really hope you all had a lovely holiday this year. I definitely did.For a couple of gifts this year, I decided to go the homemade route. I found this tutorial for making rope bangles on the Crafts...
A year ago today, I had surgery to remove my thyroid and some lymph nodes due to cancer. I remember going into surgery feeling a little scared and unsure of whats next, but ready to get thi...
After a couple of starts and stops, the Chevron Beret is finished.I dont know why this fairly simple knitting pattern tripped me up at first. A couple of times, I got to the end of a row and had an e...
Back in the ye olden days of 2006 (before this blog ever lived on Blogger), I knit some Norwegian Stockings.Over the course of my knitting career, I have knit some things that never made the transiti...
Pinterest has been inspiring to give the whole cat-eye, liquid-liner look a go.SourceI dont know what it is about liquid liner that makes me have spazz hands but I cant seem to get it right. So ...
Several people have said theyve not been able to comment on my blog. Hopefully I have fixed the bugs by switching to full-page comments. (Its ugly, but if it works, that is good enough for me.)If you...
at girls who wear glasses. Oh, well.Lookie loo, I got some new specs.
Upon seeing the picture of my loot from Purl, my friend, Karen, left a comment asking if I was planning on making a Liberty Pom Pom Cowl. Yup, she nailed it. Ive been eyeing this Purl ...
Who would have thought that I would do so well posting while on vacation and do so horribly upon my return home? Oh, you did. You know me so well.NYC was such an amazing trip. I loved showing my mom ...
I think I won the ultimate game of Tetris by figuring out how to pack a helmet and bike basket.
On the heels oh going to the dream bike shop, I was able to spend some time in the dream yarn and fabric shop: Purl Soho.With the amazing selection, its almost overwhelming. But indecision of this ki...
My best friend from high school, Jacqueline.No matter where we are in our lives, or how long it has been since we talked, we always just pick up where we left off--being the "silly, tall, and awk...
Oh, Adeline Adeline. Now this is a bicycle boutique. It was so fun to come to a store filled will all my favorite bicycles: Pashleys, Retrovelos, Workcycles, and Abicis...oh my!And of course the...
Erin is off in a conference so I have the day to myself in the city. It started with a VERY lazy morning and then a noodle lunch at Momofuku (thanks for the recommendation, Trisha!). And I had fabulo...
A yarn-bombed tricycle locked up.
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