Liam is most definitely on the mend! This morning his appetite came back and he started harassing Abi and the cats. He is moving a bit slower than his standard 90MPH and isn’t eating us out of house and home as fast as he normally does but he is miles better than he was on [...]
Jan
26
I’d like to thank my Sturdy Irish Genetics!
Category: Family and Friends, Trappings of Parenthood | 
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Jan
24
If you ever need to spend 12 hours in an Emergency Ward with a sick baby I strongly suggest: -at least two knitting projects, -a fully charged cell phone with camera (it helps to distract the little Dude), -some outstandingly amazing friends who will not only look after you Girl Child so Dad can come [...]
Jan
19
Stupid batteries!
Category: Daily Grind | 1 Comment
I have pictures to take to make this post more interesting but my camera batteries don’t seem to want to charge, or wern’t charged properly. We’re not quite sure what happened…either way I have no fancy photos of my first time using my brand new warping board (it’s the 6.5 yard model as Fhilipe can [...]
Jan
13
11 Balls
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I have 11 balls of Philosopher’s Wool 2 ply that was purchased as a kit at the first (and so far only) Knitter’s Frolic I attended four years ago. I came to the conclusion some time ago that I was never going to knit up this yarn which is quite a shame as it’s a [...]
Jan
8
Rigid Heddle Looms make great forts!
Category: weaving | 4 Comments
Yesterday the stand for my loom finally arrived! I ordered it back in November and have been most impatiently waiting for it as well as the two pick up sticks and boat shuttles ever since. Last night Abi helped me assemble it (dead easy and we forgot to take pictures) and this morning Liam discovered [...]
Jan
6
I got’s teh crazy eyes!
Category: Daily Grind | 3 Comments
As I was getting out of bed this morning I heard this from the living room: “Liam! NO! Put them down! I said…Oh no!” And then Chris came into the bedroom with my glasses…one arm was twisted off in such a way that it cannot be fixed. Le Sigh looks like that weekend away in [...]
Jan
5
First project of the year…
Category: Crafty Stuff, Felty fun | Leave a Comment
Last night while watching a documentary about post Roman occupation Europe and how the Dark Ages weren’t as dark as we have been lead to believe, I felted myself a new scarf. (Please excuse the chaos in the background, we’re in the early stages of a clutter purge) Hollow Tree from last years Art Club [...]
