Breaking My Mid-Winter Blues

With our oldest child in kindergarten, we still haven’t gotten into the swing of planning-out trips to coincide with school breaks and it was only a week ago that I learned we have Mid-Winter Break this week (well, I’ve had a bit on my mind with my husband Alex and I fighting the crud-that-wouldn’t-end, or [...]

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Introducing….

Amineko! The latest issue of Twist Collective came out this week and on page three I stopped short when I spotted an ad for a new book, Hello My Name is Amineko (ISBN: 9781589235717) by Nekoyama, a book published in English about crocheting amigurumi cats. Without hesitation I ordered a copy, for it is the [...]

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Just Ducky

I finally finished crocheting a duck for my son, over a year after starting it. Daisy is a personal copy of a plush toy that is officially licensed off of the Daisy book series by Jane Simmons, a sweet and very enjoyable series of children’s books, by the way.  Below are a couple of pictures [...]

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Easter Greetings!

What a weekend! It kicked-off with the rare event of dinner guests on Friday; we had lamb curry followed by pavlova for dessert. I’d never made pavlova before, but it was quite easy, much to my relief. Dinner guests and pavlova and all the preparation was not enough to deter me from also trying another [...]

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