http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ where blue is for knitting en-us alison@knitsmiths.us 2011-08-11T00:27:49-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003192.html Summer's almost over. We've visited Oma & Opa in Germany and wee has stood at the hedge again and looked out into the future. This picture makes me happy. Many things have changed since last year (there's a ladder in the hedge and I'm blogging elsewhere now) but some things... 3192@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ vacation 2011 2011-08-11T00:27:49-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003190.html I had three weeks of knitting between the holidays and the start of the spring semester. I taught a mittens class at the store and decided to knit something along with my students. Except I went with dk weight instead of bulky yarn and gloves instead of mittens. Unsurprisingly, mine... 3190@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ 2010 winter knits 2011-02-07T23:33:01-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003189.html Here's what Frances (from Laines du Nord Simple Knits #5) looked like in November 2007: Yes, you read right: two thousand SEVEN. That was over three years ago. That was so long ago that this is what wee looked like then: This little cutie was to some extent responsible for... 3189@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ 2010 winter knits 2011-01-17T09:06:15-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003188.html Attention! Attention! Actual knitting content! Since school's been out (my school, that is, and I still got three more weeks off!), I've been a regular at knitting group again. And wee's been coming with me! It feels so nice to hang out with the gals again and actually do some... 3188@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ 2010 winter knits 2011-01-03T15:24:43-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003187.html 3187@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ just blogging 2010 2010-12-26T22:52:03-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003186.html Christmas season is underway here at Hansel house. Nikolaus has already visited from Germany, dropping his regular booty of candies and toys in the kids' boots on the night of Dec. 5th. And, of course, my handmade advent calendar is up. The boys have been enjoying special little presents every... 3186@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ 2010 winter knits 2010-12-10T15:28:21-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003185.html Halloween night was cold! Too cold for a hula girl without outerwear. So our little hula girl grabbed her mother's just finished hat and wore it for trick or treating! I've been teaching a lot of hat classes recently and it always helps if I make a hat along... 3185@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ 2010 winter knits 2010-11-29T10:00:37-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003184.html Yesterday, B brought home the requisite 'what are you thankful for' activity that he'd done in school, but this year, his teacher had them think of less tangible, more conceptual things. He wrote that he is thankful for space, friendship, laws, light, warmth and the full feeling of food.... 3184@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ just blogging 2010 2010-11-25T10:53:49-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003183.html Mr. Six and a Pokeball hula girl I was cutting out the pieces for S's Mr. Six costume on Saturday morning, but I made it! By Sunday, the kids' costumes were all done and I'd even found time to improve that crappy looking cummerbund I'd made for Mr. Six.... 3183@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ handmade halloween 2010 2010-11-11T22:41:58-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003182.html B LOVES his pokeball costume so far! He keeps saying, "that looks just like it! that is exactly how it looks!" He was giddy when we did this first try on. There are still a couple of details to finish on it, but I made enough progress that I... 3182@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ handmade halloween 2010 2010-10-28T10:52:29-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003181.html After a full weekend of classes (Friday 5-9, Saturday & Sunday 8-4), I've returned home to find laundry and Halloween costumes waiting for me. Here's where I left the costumes before I had to stop to work on a large project for my Teaching Elementary Mathematics class. One sixth of... 3181@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ handmade halloween 2010 2010-10-13T10:52:58-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003180.html That's the makings of two Halloween costumes there all stacked up on top of my actual homework from school. Wait, did I mention that I've gone back to school? Well, if you were wondering where the heck I was, I'm at this tiny desk right here doing homework next... 3180@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ handmade halloween 2010 2010-10-05T10:19:53-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003179.html Halloween is coming! We've been choosing patterns for Hansel Homemade Halloween: Year 7 and made a little trip out to the party store for supplies this week. Here is wee wearing a couple of the items we picked up for S's costume. Any guesses?... 3179@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ handmade halloween 2010 2010-09-20T22:38:02-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003172.html Day six in Iceland was a gorgeous day. Up until now the weather had been your standard Icelandic summer: around 60 degrees with wind and clouds, sometimes with a little rain and sometimes with a little sun. I am convinced that Iceland is the place people had in mind when... 3172@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ iceland 2010-09-14T08:54:44-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003177.html Big beds rule. Cribs drool. (She had to get in on on the fun!) Now that wee is completely potty trained, she needs to be able to get up to use the bathroom in the night. It's amazing that we were able to keep the crib sides on her... 3177@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ just blogging 2010 2010-09-08T10:04:57-05:00