The Pomegranate Chronicles

Amid our summer escapades, I have been knitting. Remember “reality check” with too many pink booties? Well, I did finish a boyish pair. They are too cute. My neighbor was nice enough to let me dig through her buttons until I found some cute mismatched ones that worked perfectly with the yarn. I was so excited [...]

Joining Ginny a bit late this week for the Yarn Along… Reading: A book for Griff from his Mimi. “Trouble with Trolls” by Jan Brett came to our house from Mimi a few months ago. Griff has been obsessed with it ever since. It’s a beautifully illustrated story about a young girl who is smart enough to outwit [...]

For that wonderful Bug Birthday Party we attended last weekend, I made handmade gifts. I have tried to make them handmade gifts each year. I really think they appreciate them and love that something has been made special just for them. This year I made reusable snack packs. I had a bunch of fabric squares saved [...]

Sewing has been more and more of a passion for me lately. Don’t get me wrong, I love my knitting. But sewing is a different beast. I like the fact that it is all consuming. With knitting, I can still veg in front of my favorite shows on TV. With sewing you are forced to [...]

Handmade Holiday 2010 is in full swing at our home. This is a spoiler alert for my close friend and family members. I don’t think they will mind terribly if I put my ideas out there for other “Handmade Holiday” members. For the kids, I got so many requests for the star crayons that I [...]

I was delighted to receive an email this week from my Sister-In-Law. This great email also included these precious pictures of my newest niece Hannah in the Just Right Baby Hat I knit for her. This hat is SO precious. She looks so adorable in it! I just love baby knits! Happy Knitting!

This is my latest original pattern. It is a newborn hat I call “Off the Vine” Sweet Pea hat. I had been tossing around baby hat ideas in my head for a while. I really wanted to participate in the KnitMore Girls newborn/preemie hat challenge. But nothing I was working out was coming out the [...]

I knit up this beautiful sachet to hold potpourri or soap for my Mother for mother’s day. I used the Lace Sachet pattern by Eunny Jang, downloadable for free on Ravelry. I had some left over fingering weight Pizazz yarn from NH Knitting Mama. This is a very light weight merino wool. It’s so soft [...]