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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.

I have a little over a week to finish C's Children's Campside Cardi. Thankfully I am halfway through the first sleeve so I should hopefully have it done in time.
Also I just got the book Saint Ciaran for C. I have a little poll running on my IG pages to see how others might think you pronounce the name Ciaran. Most American's mispronounce the feminine version of the name (I believe thanks in part to a singer with that name who doesn't pronounce it correctly *sigh*) so I am curious as to how everyone thinks the male version is said. Check it out in my stories here.

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.



Knitting away on C's Children's Campside Cardi . I forgot how long cardigans take to knit!

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.



C's birthday is next month so I am working on a Children's Campside Cardi for her. She loves the Campside Cardi I knit for myself about 3 years ago so I was thrilled when Alicia released a kid's version.

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.

I know, I know. You are sick of seeing this blanket, but I haven't had a whole lot of knitting time so it has dragged on a bit longer than I anticipated. We tried something new on our homestead today and are ridiculously giddy over it. Any guesses as to what it was??? I'll give you a tiny hint - we references The Backyard Homestead and Back to Basics as we prepared.

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.

I am about 75% done with this blanket - just in time for spring. Ha! I am sure we still have a few snow storms coming our way before spring truly is here and we'll be toasty warm cuddling under this blanket through them all.
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Here and there (and some knitting inbetween)

Our last few weeks in photos.

Belated birthday bouncy house fun for the boys

Ash Wednesday (I missed getting a photo of K. She was already in her co-op class)

The sun is coming back!

L was here

A new favorite park

I took my girls to their first concert. What an incredible experience it was! My first concert was New Kids On The Block - I am so glad their first concert was with a band that uplifts and feeds the soul.


Lastly, The gifts I knit for L for his 8th birthday. I don't think I shared them here.
A rhino at his request (rav notes here) and a megalodon shark tooth fairy pillow (rav notes here).


I hope to be back in this space this or next week with a spring book list.

Here and there (and some knitting inbetween)

Crafting On

The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.



I am a little past the halfway point on my Ivy Geometric Blanket. It is actually a fast knit but I just haven't found the time to knit more than one or two rows a day. I have been going a bit blanket crazy lately. In my defense, this winter has proven our need for more blankets! I lost count as to how many L has on his bed at the moment however I can tell you that it is more than six. 😂

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.


 Even though I just posted about L's birthday, I am just finishing up Baby F's birthday gifts. I feel behind this year which is very unlike me, but Baby F sees it an as extended birthday. The buttons arrived for me to finish his Foxy hat and Fox Trot scarf. Then on to finishing up his special sweater.

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.
I am working on a requested birthday gift for L at the moment but have no photographic evidence of it (this rhino pattern). Instead I thought I would finally share photos of the play food I knit for Baby F over the summer. As you can see it is already well loved!

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.
I have yet to finish (really I mean begin) Baby F's birthday sweater but L's birthday is just around the corner so I am working on a little gift for him right now. It is a megalodon shark tooth pillow. As soon as I saw the pattern I knew it would be the perfect tooth fairy pillow for my shark loving boy.

I also just finished another test knit, this time it is an adorable pattern by Linda Dawkins (Mamma4earth). Can you guess which of my children received it? 😊

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The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.
I had the honor of working on another test knit for my friend Sophie last week. I paused my current WIP - Baby F's birthday sweater - knowing that I would not have it finished in time for his birthday anyways. I love how this looks and can't wait to try it on Baby F when it is all dry.

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Wild and Three

*singing along to his birthday song* C made these sweet Baby F and fox beeswax figures!
My sweet, spitfire baby boy is three!!  How does time fly by so? It feels like forever since I was last pregnant yet I can still remember it so well. I can still remember all his little kicks and hiccups and then I can remember when they stopped. I can remember going into labor and having that gut feeling something was wrong. I can remember my midwife's words of how he wouldn't have made it if we waited even a moment longer to get to her and the weight of my very tiny 5 pound baby in my arms. Oh my sweet baby boy. He was an answered prayer and his life is truly a miracle. I am forever blessed for knowing him and love him more than I could ever put into words.

He is the most demanding, energetic and strong willed of all my children, but I feel like that is because he had to be such a strong fighter at the beginning of his life. He wants the world to know he is here and not someone to be forgotten. I love his strength and tenacity. All of these traits that might be challenging at times to parent will serve him well as he grows into an adult. Especially when you couple them with his enormous compassionate heart, his ability to love in any situation and his little gentlemanly manners. Not to mention his love for cuddling and giving hugs and kisses every moment of the day. Goodness, I am the lucky one!

I apologize for the rather horrible photos. It was so dark the morning of his birthday. We stayed home and kept it low key because we just really needed some down time as a family. Of course, everything was fox related. It reminded me a lot of his first birthday. I honestly don't remember much of his second birthday, as sad as that sounds. I think I have tried to erase most of that year in Oregon from my mind.  He even wore the same pants I made for him on his first birthday. Would you believe I made them so big that he can still fit into them at age three?!

He mostly received clothes from us. I couldn't really think of anything fun and exciting to give him. I guess that is what happens when one's birthday is exactly one month after Christmas. His Nana and Grandpa made up for it though with a new book and a John Deere toy to play with on his farm mat I made him. Oh let's not even talk about the 10 year in the making farm mat. I shed a few tears after I took it out of the washing machine (purposely felting it as per the pattern) and it came out super felted and literally half the size it was. All the beautiful detail is now gone but you know what? He still loved it and that is all that matters. C made him a sweet set of beeswax figures seen above (goodness how I love them) and Kevin's Dad (!!) sent him some tinker toys that he and L instantly built things with. Lastly (and perhaps the most uncommon gift to give a three year) he got his own peace lily plant. Our church is filled with peace lilies and every Sunday Baby F is always admiring them. It seemed like the perfect gift for him and he loved it. He tells everyone all about "my plant". He might be a crazy plant boy in the making - like mother like son I suppose? 😂

Wild and Three

Crafting On

The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.

Nearing the finish line with the 10 years in the making farm mat. There are some mistakes that the perfectionist in me wants to go back, rip it out and completely redo but I am fighting that perfectionist to get it done in time for Baby F's birthday this week. The photo shows it unblocked. I am taking it to the laundromat to felt it tomorrow. I am nervous to do it but praying it all comes out okay!

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