Have you heard that term before? It’s a game a lot of us dedicated yarnies play, especially when we are working from our stash and may be cutting it close for having enough yarn to finish a pr...
I spent a good part of my Tuesday running shopping errands before picking up Thing 2 from school. Right before I headed over to his school I decided to make a quick stop at Gypsy Wools. They ar...
https://mamas2hands.com/2017/04/19/gypsy-wools-and-clover-felting-tool/
What?!!! Yes dear readers, you are seeing that correctly. I did not crochet today at all. My kids are on their Spring Break from school and today was all about spending time with cousins, uncles ...
Today was a very busy day. Sadly there was not much crochet in it. There was yarn, the sorting of and moving of, but no yarn with hook action. Sometimes in the life of a crochet designer and busy...
It’s been a busy week since my last post. I’ve been working on 5 different things all at the same time, a couple of them were to do with opening my Etsy Shop. I have set the 15th of January...
https://mamas2hands.com/2017/01/14/more-books-and-fiber-to-play-with/
Earlier this month I shared with you my efforts to organize my bead stash. The primary motivation for that was because I am playing with designing jewelry again. Sometimes that means using beads ...
https://mamas2hands.com/2016/12/17/learning-something-new-2/
I’m way late with my mid-week post, but I have been having a Whirlwind of a week. Clearly I jinxed myself naming my newest hat pattern that. Amongst all my other tasks I’ve been tackling, ...
Things have been a bit crazier than the “normal” crazy here at the Graves household. This past weekend I taught 2 classes at the Longmont Yarn Shoppe. My “Mountain Top Beanie” class on S...
As I have said before, trying to think up names for my designs can be one of the most challenging aspects of my work. It’s not just me though it turns out. Thursday this week I was facing the ...
https://mamas2hands.com/2016/09/16/the-dilemma-of-naming-designs/
Sometimes getting back into the routine of school days is a rough transition. That would definitely be the case this week. This is the first full week my boys are back in school and to add to the...