Stormy Harbour is up for sale for Splash Pad Party participants. This hat is so satisfying to knit that one of my testers knit it twice! It looks great on everyone and I know you’ve got yarn in your stash for…
Stormy Harbour Hat
I hope I convinced to you to knit and crochet with us this June and July in the Splash Pad Party. I love the fun community Jen has built up around her podcast. I think her clear love of her extended…
The Name ‘In Search of the Seine’
Who doesn’t love a little backstory? We were in Germany to celebrate my nephew’s wedding in 2014, but decided to make some time for Paris’ art galleries. My daughter Sandra has been very interested in Impressionism since she was young…
Gifts for Making
Don’t forget to pop over to the Pinterest board on Handmade Gift Ideas for a wide range of cool projects that might get your brainstorming a little electrified! Here are two gift-making categories we’ve used again and again: 1)…
Gifts for Knitting
Knitting, as we well know, is not for people wanting instant products. But there is still enough time to knit up a number of gifts before the holiday clock chimes midnight! Here’s a few of my favourite things to make.…
3 Steps to Fantastic Handmade Gifts: a free PDF for brainstorming
I wrote last week about how our entirely handmade Christmas changed us and mentioned that brainstorming was a big part of our process. We hit on a pretty cool set of questions that allowed us to find a sweet spot between what we…
an entirely handmade Christmas changed us
Giving handmade has been a significant theme in our family life. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing what we’ve learned about making gifts. Stay tuned for some cool resources and links! But first: where it all began and…