http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:07:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And for a little while, you'll also find me here.  Hosting the Lion Brand crochet-along. Thinking I need to do photo a day again soon.  That will certainly get things moving here on the blog again. http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/08/25/yes-im-still-here/ (I started this entry sometime in March or early April) I started this granny project about a year ago, but it went into certain hibernation for many months. One reason for the hibernation? The cubby box that holds all the yarn for the grannies became the favorite cute and ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/05/15/the-granny-square-project-wherein-i-admit-to-my-recent-career-malaise/ Good Morning, even though it's past noon... Today, I have a little tip for ya! I could go on and on about cork bulletin boards. I have several and I put them to all sorts of "non-bulletin board" uses. Cover them with fabric to make them soft and ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/05/12/a-tip-for-using-a-swift-and-winder/ Plotting a cross stitch project is really quite satisfying. Working all those sweet little x's is also satisfying. The last time I did any cross stitch I was about 10 years old, but I remembered how nice it felt to work lots of perfect little cross stitches and ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/04/11/i-heart-cross-stitch/ What do I do when I reach the summit of the mountain? (Delivered by gondola of course, not on foot!) Well, I take a little lay down of course! And I'm tellin' ya it felt like true luxury, lounging there with that amazing view and that spectacular ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/03/12/a-nice-deep-breath/ Rob rounded up a small crowd (coincidentally all folks from Crafotnite) of our pals to spend a week in Mammoth Lakes.  We've been having a great time, cooking yummy breakfasts and dinners, playing a bit of Apples to Apples, oh....  and snowboarding too of course!  I'm taking today off though ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/03/05/dude-its-mammoth/ So I didn't post in January because I was just a fevery snotty mess most of the time, wallowing in career/identity crisis, and generally pissy and pouty that my dear January (I know many others think very little of January, but I love the month of January!) was so poopy ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/02/25/am-i-back/ I sometimes get bummed at the new year, superstitious that how I spend my first days of the year will hold sway on the rest of the year.  Our New Year's Eve was a lovely time spent with some good friends and I got to share spice cake cup cakes ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2008/01/09/and-a-belated-happy-new-year-to-you/ Insert balls of yarn instead of sweaters and you have my Tiger Lily... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2007/12/05/havent-taked-about-the-cats-in-a-while/ November was such a fun, crafty, catching up with folks kind of month that I will certainly be sharing some photos and details on what's been going on in my world lately. In fact, the entire fall was busy and packed with stuff. I spent one week of ... http://www.suchsweethands.com/blog/2007/12/01/happy-december/