Weekly Update #2 (Late)

Weekly Update #2 (Late)

1. Snow, Snow, Snow. And Cold Temperatures. It has been coming down for days. We are up above 1000 feet, so we do get more extreme weather than the valley floor here. Still, because valley-floor level in Oregon is getting hammered, we’re really getting it. This has been interesting, to say the least. Fun, yes. [...]

Merry Christmas from the Harmons

Merry Christmas from the Harmons

Blessing for the Kids

Blessing for the Kids

Yesterday, from a friend, we picked up a full-size futon with frame and another full-size futon without frame. At home, after dark, the kids and I unloaded it all from the back of the truck. It was really cool to work with my growing children, as a team, to get that frame through the front [...]

Bowling

Bowling

We went to a bowling alley/arcade on Saturday evening for a Christmas party with my husband’s work.
We had never been bowling before as a family. The kids had never been bowling before, ever. Mikah really took to it. Even though he bowled with bumper guards, he still made his bowling ball pummel straight down the [...]

Crocheted Ear Flap Hat

Crocheted Ear Flap Hat

As it turned out, I didn’t have to wing the crocheted ear flap hat after all. I found a pattern! Here it is. (You may have to have a free registration at LionBrand.com to view the pattern.)
The reason I chose this pattern over all the others that were in the running was that it included [...]

Adjustable Low-Shank Binder Foot for my Bernina

Adjustable Low-Shank Binder Foot for my Bernina

I really get excited about sewing, as you probably know by now. And I love using binding, both on woven and knit fabrics. I have a coverstitch machine and a binder accessory for that, and while it works wonderfully on knits, it doesn’t do wovens for me without skipping stitches. I have used it off [...]

First Weekly Update

First Weekly Update

Sara Kay has a lovely habit of doing a weekly update. So I’m going to be a copy-cat today (and possibly into the future) and cover ground in the same manner.
1. I’ve been browsing the web for crochet and knit patterns for earflap hats. I can’t find any that cover the back of the neck, [...]

My Very Own Merino Wool Baselayer Shirts

My Very Own Merino Wool Baselayer Shirts

These are the 100% merino wool interlock shirts I just finished for myself. They all started out in the natural color and then I dyed them. Two blue, one brown and one black. The pic of me in blue is not very flattering, is it? Well, what can I say. I slept in that shirt [...]