Incarceration history for kids

This essay made me cry: https://lithub.com/japanese-american-incarceration-for-children-brandon-shimoda-on-reading-with-his-daughter/ I own a lot of those books. They’re mostly too long and serious for my kid still. He prefers books about dogs and animals and science and silliness. And that’s ok. The books will wait. So many of the books about people we get from in the library “mystery … Continue reading

Two tiny two at a time nested socks knitted one inside the other

Two tiny two at a time nested socks knitted one inside the other

I wrote this up last year/summer of 2022, never quite finished it, and never published it as a result. I don’t know if I remember enough here to finish writing this up properly without knitting the socks again. I don’t want it languishing in my drafts and I’m not sure when I’ll feel inclined to write it up as a real pattern. So I’m just gonna publish it anyhow and I hope it helps someone else who wants to play with a fun technique! Continue reading

Embroidered Floral Necklaces

Embroidered Floral Necklaces

Still catching up on finished projects! These three necklaces were from a kit that had been in my stash for a while, and I wanted something tiny and colourful after finishing up last year’s year-long constellation embroidery project. I probably won’t wear them as necklaces. They’re small enough but a bit heavy and long, and … Continue reading

Constellation Embroidery

Constellation Embroidery

Last year, I decided to do this constellation embroidery sampler from Kiriki press as a year-long project, doing each zodiac constellation as it came up in the year and occasionally doing the other non-zodiac ones. (It took me a bit more than a year because I didn’t see any point in rushing during December when … Continue reading

Vulnerability Scanning for Free (as in Puppies)

Vulnerability Scanning for Free (as in Puppies)

I’m giving a talk at pyCascades this afternoon and I just wanted to share the slides for folk who like that kind of thing. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/125cCmmk8k5UtfV3QajNOXml1YW5nxM2i/view?usp=sharing ODP (LibreOffice Impress) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u3_5LQUYYPiv9hSCbcgG_gOGn96a-di2/view?usp=sharing (Contains notes but they’re an early talk draft) Google Docs version (not the original, probably has minor formatting issues but may be easier to … Continue reading

Winter Skies Cowl

Winter Skies Cowl

My first finish for 2023 was the Winter Skies Cowl. This was an advent kit combining West Coast Yarn with a modular knitting pattern from PNW Knit Designs. It was pretty neat to get charts on little cards for easier mixing and matching! The colour palette was listed beforehand so I knew I’d be getting … Continue reading

Books: Aug 21, 28, Sept 4, 11

Books: Aug 21, 28, Sept 4, 11

Well… So far moving book reviews to the blog hasn’t been going great, but part of that has been that I haven’t been as consistent even on Instagram. Still, here’s some cut and paste. I’m still not caught up writing reviews because my in-laws have been here all week (including coming to library day!) But … Continue reading

Books: August 7 & 14, 2022

Books: August 7 & 14, 2022

Two weeks at once! August 7 Quilt as backdrop even if I didn’t end up starting the embroidery yet. Here’s this week’s library returns and reads, a few days late because I didn’t feel like writing reviews. My books: Dyeing Wishes — a knitting plus a bit of magic cozy mystery. Includes a moody ghost, … Continue reading

Books: July 31, 2022

Books: July 31, 2022

Playdate sweater has 1.5 sleeves and I sewed the pocket linings in, but then my hands decided sleeve knitting was uncomfortable so it’s taking a break and I’m working on the rainbow shawl which has made it all the way to purple!  I actually have most of a blog post ready to go with the … Continue reading

Counting the countdowns

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a sucker for tiny daily packages of yarn, but my enthusiasm for opening them is a bit beyond my ability to actually use them. (Oh, let’s be honest, my enthusiasm for all things yarn is beyond my knitting and crocheting speed.) I’m glad to see a few more countdown/advent style … Continue reading

Books: July 24, 2022

Books: July 24, 2022

Library day + the sweater has one complete sleeve and I like the rainbow cuff as much as I hoped I would. 🌈 Kid reads: Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds was a big hit with all the details in the drawings plus my kid’s enthusiasm for getting mail. (We even play a game where I deliver packages … Continue reading

Books July 17

Books July 17

I’ve been taking pictures of my library returns pile and doing little reviews in the captions of my Instagram, which is fun for sharing what I’m reading right now with my mom and friends but it’s not searchable or easy to find later, and Instagram is notorious for mystifying and often racist moderation policies so … Continue reading

Mid year check-in: 2022 fiber goals

Mid year check-in: 2022 fiber goals

For the past 7 years I’ve done fiber goals instead of new years resolutions. It’s been a fun way to guide my crafting plans. Here’s a link to my 2022 fiber goals. We’re nearly halfway through the year, so let’s talk about how it’s going. Goal 1: Rainbows 🌈 Started strong with using half of … Continue reading

Sleep apps for parents

One of the hardest parts of early stage parenting is the sleep deprivation. When you add in a pandemic where “safe” childcare suddenly wasn’t easy to come by, then all time and especially sleep becomes a zero sum game between me and my co-parent. And the whole world is having sleep problems. Work provided me … Continue reading

Fiber goals 2022

Fiber goals time! Still more fun than new years resolutions. Previous years: 2021 Fiber goals 2020 Fiber goals 2019 Fiber goals 2018 Fiber goals 2017 Fiber goals 2016 Fiber goals are in bottom of 2017 post above. Rainbows 🌈 — I’ve taken to trying to find a rainbow project for pride month every year, but … Continue reading