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Learning Curve6 comments

Kate wrote 4 weeks ago: Sometime shortly after the holidays last year, an online friend – one of those people with who … more →

Tags: crafts, Friends, knitting

White Butterflies6 comments

Kate wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes, it’s embarrassing, how little effort it can take to put a little good karma out int … more →

Tags: not family but still important, home and the people who live there, deep or intense, Relationships, Grief, Mental Health, Love, healing, Random Acts of Kindness

Great, Heaping Piles of Quaint2 comments

Kate wrote 2 months ago: I just had one of those weekends which, taken piece by piece, was completely non-noteworthy. No out- … more →

Tags: not family but still important, bizarre or mundane, Friends, Childhood, crafts, New England, parenthood, Halloween

Great Accomplishments

Kate wrote 3 months ago: OK, “great” may be an understatement, but when remaining awake for four consecutive hour … more →

Tags: bizarre or mundane, health or the lack thereof, Pregnancy, knitting, health, crafts, Household, Mundane, First Trimester

Unsilent Needles14 comments

Kate wrote 3 months ago: One of the small but tangible side effects of the winter/spring’s depression is a near-complet … more →

Tags: knitting, crafts, Baby, sweaters, Hats, shawls

Nineteen More Things4 comments

Kate wrote 3 months ago: …no, not another random-things-about-me meme, which I haven’t done in probably a year or … more →

Tags: home and the people who live there, deep or intense, health or the lack thereof, Travel, Family, Blogging, Friends, health, Mental Health

No Reservations13 comments

Kate wrote 5 months ago: Alas, as much as I would love the majority of you to be right, there’s no motion on the B& … more →

Tags: home and the people who live there, deep or intense, family who doesn't live here, Travel, Family, Love, Paris

On Your Marks, Get Set, Guess!28 comments

Kate wrote 5 months ago: Confirmation has arrived, and oh, my, yes, am I excited! Happy-dance-quality excitement. Goofy-grin- … more →

Tags: bizarre or mundane, Free, Giveaway, Fun

As if I Didn't Want a Baby Enough Already9 comments

Kate wrote 6 months ago: A few people have asked me whether it’s difficult for me to knit things for babies, or to spen … more →

Tags: home and the people who live there, health or the lack thereof, Family, knitting, Mental Health, infertility

It's my Party, and I'll Knit if I Want to...31 comments

Kate wrote 7 months ago: OK, you’re right, wicked cheesy title.  Sorry.  But now that the song is stuck in my head, it … more →

Tags: knitting, Free, Birthday, Giveaway

This and That6 comments

Kate wrote 9 months ago: Just a bit of miscellanea to toss out there before a chaotic week… Last Sunday, the kids decid … more →

Tags: home and the people who live there, Family, Parenting, Weather, knitting, Love, Socks, snow

Fire Hat7 comments

Kate wrote 9 months ago: The other week, when my dad and I took Jacob to the Museum of Science in Boston, we ate lunch in the … more →

Tags: knitting, crafts, hat, Fair Isle

I Hadn't Realized...6 comments

Kate wrote 10 months ago: …that the simple combination of some simple errands, during which I finished a pair of hand-kn … more →

Tags: not family but still important, home and the people who live there, Family, knitting, crafts, Love, Socks, Friendship, Sewing

Flip-Top Mittens, version 2.04 comments

Kate wrote 10 months ago: Last year, I made a pair of flip-top mittens, and lo, they were good. But, alpaca being alpaca (that … more →

Because Nothing Says "I Love You" Like a Good Headgame7 comments

Kate wrote 10 months ago: (Many apologies for the lateness of this post; most posts, it really doesn’t matter when they … more →

Tags: home and the people who live there, Family, Parenting, Food, crafts, valentine's day, Child, Fun, lollipop plant

Pay it Forward Scarf Pattern4 comments

Kate wrote 11 months ago: A few people asked, so I thought I’d type out the pattern for yesterday’s scarf.  Just i … more →

Tags: knitting, Free, pattern, crafts, scarf, Knitting Pattern, reversible cables

No Return Address33 comments

Kate wrote 11 months ago: They sat in the impersonal waiting area of the pharmacy, two 30-something women.  Both brunette, bot … more →

Tags: deep or intense, knitting, scarf, optimism, Random Acts of Kindness, strangers

An Even Better Long-Tail Cast-On Trick8 comments

Kate wrote 1 year ago: A relatively long time ago, I posted a quick blurb about a way to accurately estimate how much yarn … more →

Tags: knitting, crafts, cast on, long tail cast on

Basking in the Afterglow10 comments

Kate wrote 1 year ago: That felt good. Really, really good. For the past 22 days, I have not been well.  There have been go … more →

Tags: not family but still important, home and the people who live there, deep or intense, family who doesn't live here, Family, Friends, crafts, Love, Home


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