Last weekend, a dozen of my girlfriends and I gathered to celebrate a birthday, and since the planned activity of Goat Yoga (no, seriously, this is really a thing. See here, and here) was rained out, we decided on brunch. Brunch day fell not just on our friend’s birthday, but also on Royal Wedding day, […] Read more…
Misc.
Meal Train: The best gift you can give a new mom
As I explained in my last post, I recently had a baby (#3!). What I failed to mention was how incredibly supportive my girlfriends and fellow moms were throughout the entire pregnancy and after we came home from the hospital. By far, my favorite gift I have ever received as a new mom (and the […] Read more…
Create daily, live happy.
If you follow me on Instagram, then you know that the reason I haven’t been super active online the past year is because I was busy. Busy making a new life: As any mom-to-be (pre mom? future mom?) knows, you are exhausted and uncomfortable while waiting for baby to show up. Even though this […] Read more…
knitted toys
Happy New Year, friends! I haven’t posted since around Thanksgiving because I had some very important knitting projects to work on: a new baby Sheldon the Turtle and baby monkey stuffed animals for my boys. Meet the creatively named, “Turtley” and “Monkey” I LOVED seeing how the slipped stitches in the turtle shell […] Read more…
New slouchy beanie hot off the needles
After last week’s disastrous bulky beanie incident, I finished up weaving in the ends for another, smaller gauge beanie. I was really excited to make this one because it was in my new favorite color scheme – burgundy, pink, light blue, red, and mustard. If the colors and striping look familiar, it’s because I was […] Read more…
When knitting shortcuts go horribly wrong…
The other night I decided to knit up a quick, super bulky slouchy beanie because FALL IS COMING, people! The pattern called for size 13 dpns and circular needles, and yarn (obviously); I had the circular and the yarn on hand, but I couldn’t bring myself to wait the two whole days for the dpns […] Read more…