This week I’ve been trying to focus on small achievements. The finishing of fingerless mitts, the frogging of an un-wearable sweater. The sewing of a simple new dress. Some weeks aren’t the gangbuster create a thing a day week. I want to be more mindful on these less than triumphant weeks that any progress is… Read More A Tiny Bee: Week 3- Achieve

Hey everyone,   I thought I’d take a moment to let you know that Pick Up and Purl is back! After a hot hot slow knitting summer, the quirky PNW podcast is back! With yours truly as the host. How to do I celebrate my triumphant return to the internet? FREE YARN OF COURSE!  Not… Read More Contest: Pick Up and Purl’s October Fingerless Mitt along!

There is a magical time at the end of summer in oregon and the beginning of fall. Every year since I’ve lived here I make the trek to Sauvie Island to pick zinnias, buy early apples, drink beer, eat corn on the cob and photograph the amazing blue sky of oregon.  This summer has been chaotic… Read More A Tiny Bee- Week 2: Summer’s End

In my life I have called 3 city home. It wasn’t until I came to Portland that I felt a place i could settle down. Home for the longest time was a place I came to crash after a long night of work. Where I would stress bake in the tiny small cramped kitchens. It… Read More A Tiny Bee – Week 1: Home