At the Zoo

This beautiful cornflower Cherry Tree Hill Yarn is now my favorite pair of mittens for the winter. The yarn was purchased at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival and it is just wonderfully soft. The mitten pattern was simple. I found it in a Red Heart Heart & Sole Yarn Pattern Booklet that has 13… Continue reading Fabulous Flip Top Mittens

View From Below the Bridge This foot bridge over a stream was taken last summer at a local park. Have a nice weekend!

Yarn in Vintage Glass Bowl. This beautiful green sock yarn is in a glass bowl that I saved from my Grandmother’s house. The crocheted doily is one that my other Grandmother made in the 1940’s. Have a nice Weekend!

Here it is! Finished and ready to wear. This is one of my favorite knitting projects EVER! The yarn is by Manos del Uruguay in my favorite shades of green. Every one that knows me, knows that green is my color. I purchased this yarn five years ago on a trip to Maryland but couldn’t… Continue reading Thrilled with this Cardigan

I just want to share this beautiful plant with you. This cactus is about a year old. It had one flower last spring and this week, it just exploded. There are at least 10 buds on the plant. They are growing into flowers at a very fast rate. Hope you enjoy!

This post is inspired by an Artfire contest to win a terrific camera. The challenge is to share your plans for a handmade holiday. Here’s a sampling of my handmade holiday items. I know many people who have been busy knitting holiday gifts since July. I am not one of them. I knit all year… Continue reading Time I started Holiday Knitting

Dressing dolls in knit outfits is fun and a good way to experiment with style. Several years ago, I made this outfit from a Mary Maxim kit. Yesterday, I took out the storage box with my doll clothes materials to make another outfit from the kit. I was really surprised to see that the patterns… Continue reading Knitting Doll Clothes

Cloth Paper Scissors has announced a blog tour of studio spaces and I wanted to welcome everyone to my favorite work space. Through the years, I’ve lived in several places and always yearned for a large room where I could knit and sew and relax. A place that would hold my many supplies and tools… Continue reading A Tour of My Studio Space

Thanks to Twitter (which I just joined, I’m @knitnsewstudio), I heard about this new knitting magazine last weekend. I checked out their website and then went to my bookstore and found the magazine. I’m so glad that I did. First, they do the one thing that I truly appreciate. They use the back page as… Continue reading Knitting Today Magazine-It’s terrific!