Year: 2023

a new project and summer hiking

I can’t help it. I start new projects all the time. Just when you’d think I’ve got enough going on, something new pops into my head and I need to try it. That happened this weekend when I was browsing through some of my old Rebecca magazines. These are German knitting magazines I’ve had since I started knitting (about 20 years ago.) Yes, I still have them! Do you save your magazines? Well, I’ve found out most of my magazines are now considered vintage and you can only find them at places like eBay or Etsy. Rebecca magazine is still published today, so you can easily get newer issues starting with #34 on their website, but earlier issues like the ones I have, #21, #23, and #8! Those are hard to come by. So, I feel lucky to still have them. Some people may ask, why bother keeping them if all the yarns are now discontinued? That’s right! But, if you can find a similar yarn, you can use them forever. And that’s where my …

week 23 recap: my rosaline skirt, mark bittman’s rhubarb crisp, and the movie I want to see

I made a skirt! If you follow my Instagram, you may know that I started a new project a few weekends ago – I decided to make the Rosaline skirt, which is a free pattern from Peppermint Magazine. I love that you can download and print digital patterns at home by just clicking a few buttons, and start sewing (almost) right away.  If you download and print the PDF pattern as I did, make sure you have enough ink in your printer and paper in the house. You should also have some glue. I used one of the many glue sticks I still have at home from when the kids were little. (I’m amazed they haven’t all dried out by now!). You’ll also need enough room to lay all the sheets of paper down after they’re glued, before you can start cutting the actual pattern pieces. (I opted for the floor.) It took me about one and a half hours to print, cut, and glue all the sheets, and then cut out each piece of …