Summering Along
Summer came on hot–like 117° (47° C) here, which is staggeringly unheard of in my cloudy corner of Oregon. Of course as soon as it finally dropped into the high 90° I took a wonderful (but also hot: 111°) weekend camping trip to the desert.…
I Did a Crochet!
I am a knitter. I love knitting toys and silly hats, and many, many other things. That said, I am not much of a crocheter. When I was younger I crocheted “elf” hats–the kind that maybe Santa’s elves would wear. At that time I was…
New Book and a Super Penguin
Hurray! NOBODY’S GHOUL, book #8 of the Ordinary Magic series is out now! One of the fun things about writing a series with this many books is I get a chance to catch up loose threads from earlier volumes and weave them into the story.…
Dragon Pig
Yowza, April was busy! So busy, I didn’t have time to put out my newsletter. As you may know, I give away one toy I knit in each newsletter. (You can subscribe. My newsletter is monthly, and I pull the name randomly from my subscriber…
The Cubes
A couple months ago I asked around on various social media, looking for solutions to my yarn storage problem. Things had gotten so bad, every time I waded into my mighty stash, it triggered an avalanche. People offered a lot of good ideas (thank you!)…
Knits and Stuffs
Bee-hold the knit bumble bee I will be giving away in my newsletter on March 29-ish. If you want to be in the drawing for this little bumble buddy, just sign up for my monthly newsletter and I’ll use a random number generator to pick…
