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minimalist knitter
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knitting my way through my yarn stash, loving on my family, and giving to charity as much as i possibly can!
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the June and July hat: A Most Bespeckled Hat!

Im super excited to share the hat Ill be working on for June and July ... A Most Bespeckled Hat by Alexandra Tinsley! While I managed to work through bunches of my smaller bits of yarn in May, Ive go...

1 day ago

eleven hats for the Chicago Food Pantry!

When I finished up my May Charity Challenge hats with about a week left in May, I knew I still wanted to make hats for the Chicago Food Pantry. I also knew I needed to be working with a pattern (or p...

2 days ago

screen caps // Bellas Eclipse Hat

Im super excited to introduce a new feature today - Screen Caps! I love how often knitted hats are featured on the screen, both big and small. In movies and on television you can spot characters wear...

3 days ago

hats on people // The Minimalists

Have I mentioned yet how much I love knitting has for guys? Forget the fact that they tend towards simpler hats in neutral colors - if you make a hat for a guy that he loves, hell wear it until it we...

4 days ago

reading: $100 Start-Up

Ive read almost everything Chris Guillebeau has written. His three manifestos; his blog. His first book, The Art of Non-Conformity , got several read-throughs. When Chris toured around for his first ...

5 days ago

suddenly

I wrote you a letter when you turned nine months old. And it feels like as soon as I hit publish, you changed. You are no longer a baby; you are now somehow a toddler. You are sitting up in your crib...

5 days ago

birthday wish-list

My birthday is coming up in just a few short weeks! Ive had a few folks ask me what Id like for my big day - Ill be 35! - and where I normally have a hard time coming up with things, this year I was ...

6 days ago

test knit // Coppe

pattern: Coppe, by Kylie McDonnell-Wade (Ravelry link)yarn: Red Heart Acrylic in tanneedles: sizes US 6 / 4.0 mm and US 8 / 5.0 mm circs and dpns Whats this? Posting on a Saturday?! Ive got so many f...

26 may 12

hats on people // Nina Yau

It was such an honor to knit an Invisible Children Hat for the ethereal Nina Yau. Connected to her through Colin Wright, I was convinced this world-traveler and super-minimalist would be a hard sell ...

25 may 12

test knit // Miska

Recently, I had the pleasure of test knitting Miska for Kydel Makes. And adorable little hat, I love the poms for ears and the interesting construction! pattern: Miska, by Kydel Makesyarn: Crucci Lux...

24 may 12

nine months with Owen

Oh my amazing little man, I cannot believe you are already nine months old! This past month has been full of so much joy and so many changes, I simply cant believe youve packed it all into just 31 da...

23 may 12

hats on people // Elisa of Ophelias Webb

When I got in touch with Elisa of Ophelias Webb about being part of my Hats On People project, she loved the idea with one twist - she lives in Bali, and wondered if I could make her a headband! But ...

22 may 12

May Charity Challenge // The Final Tally

Well folks, Im calling it. A bout of strep has been running rampant through out house of late and the next few weeks are going to be super full as we get ready for my youngest brothers high school gr...

21 may 12

a few for nest: Maine

In the past few weeks Ive knit up a few hats for nest: Maine in between the other knitting and crochet Ive been doing. I love to have a simple stockinette hat (on the left) or 2x2 ribbing hat (the tw...

18 may 12

hats on people // Amy and Jared

One of my favorite parts of the Hats On People project is getting to make hats for couples. Its so much fun seeing folks posing together, showing off hand knits with a loving twinkle in their eyes! I...

17 may 12

a few baby hats for Katie

patterns: bear hat is my own pattern, frog hat via Sweet Kiwi Crochet (ravelry link)yarn: stash I Heart This Yarnhook: size US I / 5.5 mm My friend Katie is having a little boy! And in just a few sho...

16 may 12

everyday chicken salad

I am definitely not a chef. Until very recently, my cooking skills have set themselves to frozen pizzas, stopping at drive-thrus, and watching while Zach makes us food. Recently Ive taken to trying o...

15 may 12

earflap hats // week two

Week two of my May hat challenge did not see as many hats finished as week one. You can see above week one hats on the left and week two hats on the right. Thats right, theres only three. Some weeks ...

14 may 12

hats on people // Gina of Contemplating Beauty

pattern: Chunky Cloche Hat by Diane Servis (Ravelry purchase) yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick N Quick in navy needles: size US 11 / 8.0 mm After seeing the hat I made for Saturated Canarys little ma...

11 may 12

washington hancock community agency

I recently came into contact with Sarah, a woman who works with the Washington Hancock Community Agency in Maine. She knew how much I like to knit for nest:Maine, and wnated to make me aware of her o...

10 may 12

baby gadgets were loving

Not that long ago, I posted a few baby shower gifts I love to give on repeat. Meredith commented that shed love to know some of the gadgets and products were using now that Owens a bit bigger - great...

09 may 12

easy cuban sandwiches

One of my husbands favorite kitchen tools is his sandwich press. Hes been using it to make make-shift Cuban Sandwiches for years now. But when I recently made pulled pork in the crock pot, he realize...

08 may 12

earflap hats // week one

Week one of the hat challenge for May went pretty well, if I do say so myself! I managed to crochet up nine hats (all pictured above) for the Chicago Food Pantry! Eight of these hats are made to fit ...

07 may 12

in the grass

We went outside the other day to blow bubbles in the back yard. I set Owen down in the grass so he could grab at the bubbles while I sat in front of him ... And this happened. Apparently he doesnt li...

04 may 12

hats on people // Melanie of Mad Passions

(image from Melanies blog) The other winner of the Humpty Dance challenge from awhile back was Melanie - she picked out this super fun hat pattern from Pickles and requested it in cream with pink hea...

03 may 12

reading lately // with Owen

In the last few weeks, Owen has decided he LOVES books. He loves to flip through them, he loves to have them read over and over again, he loves to pick out which one he wants read to him next.Below a...

02 may 12

The May Hat: Earflap hats For Kids!

Im super excited about this months hat - its an adorable striped earflap hat!Ive knit up a few of these for my Etsy shop, and theyre so much fun I knew I wanted to make as many as I could for the Chi...

01 may 12

breathing in and out

Ive been learning a lot the last six months or so about "untethering" from Ev Bogue, thanks to his daily letters arriving in my in box. Ive watched as hes untethered from many different thing...

31 dec 11

the gift of yarn

The holiday was such a wonderful time, full of so many gifts I loved getting. Among the gifts that I loved were these varied skeins of yarn. In the top photo, some amazing woolie gifts from Jean at n...

31 dec 11

off the needles: casey cowl for amy

pattern: Casey Cowl, by Robyn Devine (Ravelry Link) yarn: Yarn Bee Andes Alpaca needles: one set US 15 / 10.0mm bamboo straight needles I knew as soon as Amy noted she liked the Casey Cowl that I wan...

30 dec 11

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