Posted in Books and Reading, Knitting, Learning on Nov 15th, 2009
We are feeling a bit like hermits, cooped-up in the house for days and days – the little ones are still wrestling with sickness, and we had to miss church again this week. Little Hen, still healthy, escaped to Grandma’s house for the weekend (a BIG thank-you to Grandma for inviting her up!).
After homemade pecan-chocolate [...]
Posted in Knitting, Moderation and Economy on Nov 2nd, 2009
Sigh… I’m getting a bit repetitive in my blogging and my knitting both, but I can’t stop knitting candleflame shawls!! I think this pattern is this fall what Toasty was for me last winter (and I’m still cranking those out for Christmas gifts again this year). It’s easy to memorize, easy to knit while doing [...]
Look who’s knitting on two needles!
We are all recovering from a pretty awful family-wide bug, so the past two days we’ve taken things very easy. Sunday afternoon, Little Hen said she wanted to get some knitting done and set to work on her first real “project” - a little wool cape for her beloved Waldorf [...]
Another Candle-Flame shawl off the needles. I had just enough alpaca yarn left from the first shawl to make another. This pattern is so addictive and simple – it makes a heavy, warm shawl, especially in this fluffy alpaca (the original pattern calls for Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky 85% wool, 15% mohair), although there [...]
Posted in Knitting on Oct 9th, 2009
We are having absolutely glorious fall weather, and so have been spending a lot of time outside the past few days, working the garden and making chalk drawings on the front steps. The yard work has been a bit daunting – hazelnuts to coppice, wheelbarrows and wheelbarrows of manure and mulch to spread, garlic and [...]
Posted in Knitting, Learning, Outings, Uncategorized on Sep 29th, 2009
Over the weekend, we took advantage of the Smithsonian’s annual free pass day to visit the World Forestry Center, located right across from the Oregon Zoo. The building is light and open, and the exhibits are well designed, educational, and attractive to children.
There were displays appealing to many senses – here Firecracker is smelling the [...]
Posted in Giving, Knitting, Moderation and Economy on Sep 5th, 2009
A day of sorting clothes for the change of seasons found lots and lots of dresses that are too small and will be passed down to a friend’s little girl. Some were handmade for my girls, and It was bittersweet to see how much they had outgrown and to realize how quickly they’re growing up. [...]
Posted in Knitting, Mamas Who Inspire, Moderation and Economy, Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2009
Yesterday’s thrifting yielded these three child-sized wooden dishes (Other finds – two prairie bonnets for the girls for 75 cents each, and an April Cornell baby dress for a friend’s little girl for $1.50! I also picked up a like-new Maya Wrap for $2, but it’s a size M and a bit short for my [...]
Posted in Crafting, Knitting, Moderation and Economy, Spinning on Aug 13th, 2009
I have always wanted to dye my own roving (mostly because of the Twisted Sisters Sock Book!!), but wanted it to be something the children and I could do together – something safe, easy, and non-toxic. So, when I was pregnant with my son, the girls and I dyed 2 lbs of white Brown Sheep [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giveaways, Knitting, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 7th, 2009
Welcome to the first giveaway at An Exaltation of Larks!
The girls and I are giving away a handmade scrap doll quilt,
some soft, dove-gray Rowan-spun 4-ply 100% new wool yarn (enough to make two pixie hats),
some vintage linen napkins, and assorted other goodies, yet to be revealed!
This is a comment giveaway – please leave a comment [...]
