I have long had a love of temperature blankets. In fact, I have an entire page on this blog dedicated to them. I am always trying to reinvent the concept. This time, I think I succeeded. Without further ado, I bring you the Temperature Ornament! The premise remains the same. Track every day’s temperature in… Continue reading Temperature Ornaments (Free and Paid Pattern)
I promised you a new pattern a while ago, and here it is! The Heart Baby Name Blanket Pattern was originally stitched for a friend who is having a baby very, very, soon (no really, like, any day). I loving making personalized baby blankets for new babies! It gives them something they can treasure–something that… Continue reading Personalized Heart Baby Name Blanket (4 or 5 letters) (paid pattern)
“Flowers are like friends; they bring color to your world.”–unknown And so the perfect gift for friends is…flowers. When I saw this Flower Shoppe Afghan kit from Herrschners, Inc., I knew I had to make it. It took some time, but the result is AMAZING. With the sun shining through the window on an early… Continue reading Into the Flower Shoppe
Pink. That’s the color that started ideas swirling in my head. A friend of mine asked me to make a scarf for her grandaughter. There weren’t any specifications except that it needed to be pink. I started off thinking I’d put hearts on it, but it wasn’t working like I planned. I took the scarf… Continue reading Spring Is Coming Scarf Pattern (Paid Pattern)
Imagine this: you’re on vacation and you get an email from a friend telling you about a yarn sale. You could ignore the email, or you could click on the link and treat yourself. I’ll let you guess what I did. Lion Brand yarn was offering a Christmas in July special–a Santa sack filled with… Continue reading Christmas in July
The perfect finish to a coffee date with friends is a stop at the yarn store. It’s been a long time since I went to a real yarn store: one with a kaleidoscope of colors and textures and fibers. Darn Yarn Needles & Thread is located in the quaint downtown of historic Harmony, Pa. (In… Continue reading I Love Yarn, Darn It!
