Slowly

It's taking me a bit to get back into the swing of things, isn't it. I'm sorry about that. I am trying, but life happens as it so often does. The past couple of weeks has been a mixed bag of good days and days where migraines got the better of me (coming off a …

Guest Post:Making The Rainbow

Hi again! I'm another Karen, owner of Karin's nearby yarn shop, Cozy! One of the most frequent questions I get at the shop is, "How do you pick all the colors? It must be so hard!" Short answer, it is. It's so hard that I welcome the chance to not pick, when given it; I …

Empty Needles

I haven't been knitting. Or writing. Or really doing anything creative. I am at a loss. My only child has left for college, and my house is absurdly quiet, even with animals (dogs, cats, pig, bird) and another child living here (not mine, just one I love who has need of a soft place to …

Can I Knit Yet?

This weekend one of my local yarn stores (Cozy, to be exact. You remember Karen, right?) was having a pretty big sale and lo' and behold there was a little fun money to be had so I dragged the hubs there to check it out. I rarely get the chance to go to a LYS …

Knitting Backwards

I sat and looked at the bundle of string wrapped loosely around two sticks. This was going to be a baby bootie?? Who did I think I was kidding? I was a clueless guy, for crying out loud, not someone naturally gifted with craft genes who can just look at something and make it work. …

Guest Post: I think I do too much…

I generally say yes to things before I let my rational brain step in and ruin everything, and that’s what’s happened here. I received a PM to my Author Page on Facebook asking if I was crafty. As I write paranormal mysteries featuring witches, I got the wrong end of the stick and replied in …

Quality time

The lovely Naelany has invited me to write for her fantastic blog again. I was honored,  but the deadline still caught me by surprise. I’ve been busy, you see, with work, and other stuff that’s great and also time consuming. I like being busy. It’s... easy. “When was the last time you took care of …

It’s A Beautiful Day

And yet I've been stuck inside with a headache all day. It's been a rough few days (thanks, Murphy) that I'm still paying for, but hopefully, I'll get to enjoy the nice weather later this week. I did finally manage to get some knitting in yesterday and actually have a picture to show progress for …

Guest Post: A Little Cross Stitch and Romance

Hello and thanks for the opportunity to share a little about myself on your blog! Some of you may know about my blog, Slashsessed, and my love of all things slash, m/m and yaoi. What most do not know is that I also love to knit, crochet and cross stitch. I first learned how to …

Ramblings on Creative Expression

Hello everyone! First of all, thanks to Karin for giving me a place to ramble for a little while. I’ll do my best to make sense, but as I’m in the middle of editing a fantasy novel that’s longer than my last two books put together it’s possible I’ve just lost all ability to word. …