Quick Update.

I only have a week of this semester left and then only one more semester of classes and then another semester of internship and then I will have finished my Master´s of Science in Counseling Psychology. Sigh. It´s been a tough semester with 2 small kiddos but been worth it. I can´t wait to finish and start really making a difference in this world.
Happy Late Easter and Passover: I was super busy this weekend so I forgot to wish this to everyone.

The Easter chicks at my brother´s house

O in his Easter best

M looks like he thinks his chocolate egg is not big enough.

My Parents are here and have been such a help.

Here are some of the things I have been working on.

Still adding to the scrappy blanket

The things I am making for my great nephew that will be born in a few weeks

Tea Leaf getting some love again.

These just need thumbs now.

Jumped on the bandwagon and helped Japan

Your knitting and crochet time

Day 6:
Write about your typical crafting time. When it is that you are likely to craft – alone or in more social environments, when watching TV or whilst taking bus journeys? What items do you like to surround yourself with whilst you twirl your hook like a majorette’s baton or work those needles like a skilled set of samurai swords? Do you always have snacks to hand, or are you a strictly ‘no crumbs near my yarn!’ kind of knitter?


This is a good one and it made me think of how great my kids are. I guess both of them are raised on watching me knit and are really great about letting mommy knit in peace while they play. I mean look at them.

This is O and he is turning 3 tomorrow.

And here is M and he turned 1 in February 

These guys have both been my inspiration and my distraction.

In my home I have a knitting love seat. It is right next to my yarn corner and all of this is in my living room. It is in front of my TV and the toy corner. Normally it has a white slip cover on it but it is in the wash. One of my little men smeared chocolate on it. That is why I love white slip covers because they can just be bleached and then look great again. This love seat is a hard worker because it is also where I do my homework for grad school and where I write my blog posts. I´m sitting there right now.
I tend to knit while I do something else. Like watching TV or watching my kids play or reading on my iPad. These are all things that I would feel guilty if I only did those things and not something else productive like knit or sew on my sewing machine. I tend to only sew though when the boys have gone to bed. I also knit on trips. I can´t just sit in the car and watch the road. Hubby drives and I knit while we listen to podcasts or audio books. I´m not big on eating while I knit because I am so into it that I would probably get food and stuff all over my knitting but I do have a cup of something near by like coffee in the morning or water in the evening.
That´s my crafting story.
Thank you for joining me this week on a weeks worth of structured blogging. Hope you stick around and see what comes next.


Where and when do you do your crafting?

Something to aspire to

Day 6:
Is there a pattern or skill that you don’t yet feel ready to tackle but which you hope to (or think you can only dream of) tackling in the future, near or distant? Is there a skill or project that makes your mind boggle at the sheer time, dedication and mastery of the craft? Maybe the skill or pattern is one that you don’t even personally want to make but can stand back and admire those that do. Maybe it is something you think you will never be bothered to actually make but can admire the result of those that have.


I am a quick learner and usually am quick to start a project and get into it but I have still to learn the art of true lace knitting. Like this piece which was knitted by a friend of mine Rod who just started his own blog. He is an amazing knitter and just an amazing person that moved to Iceland for love. But lace knitting like this is such a time consuming thing and I believe that I am just too ADD to really tackle it.

What sort of knitting makes you wish you could but just would rather not start?

And now for something completely different

Day Five:

This is an experimental blogging day to try and push your creativity in blogging to the same level that you perhaps push your creativity in the items you create.
There are no rules of a topic to blog about (though some suggestions are given below) but this post should look at a different way to present content on your blog.

Oh Sweater

Oh sweater 

oh sweater

Why have you taken so long

Taken so long to get knitted

The pattern is easy

The yarn is so yummy

But for some reason I have taken so long

At the moment I look at your half knitten sleeve

and want to finish you fast

But just like me you are unfinished

Waiting to see what the final project looks like 

But enjoying the process of getting there