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Mitts, felted slippers, and a sweater: A late winter creativity check

My knitting needles have been rather busy since the start of the year, and I wanted to share some recently completed projects, and also talk about my current works in progress.

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Him, 36 years

As is a theme these days, I'm writing this on an ever-belated timeline. But I didn't want to miss the opportunity to write my little annual birthday love letter to Nicholas.

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2025: A year in review

The title of this post is not in error – it seems that I'm running a good two months behind on blog posts these days. That said, in all it's belatedness, it's still of value (to me, anyway!) to share my recap of the big and little things in our life...

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Celebrating Christmas 2025, Part 2

In mid-January, my parents and my brother, Matt, drove down from Minnesota to celebrate a belated Christmas with us. They arrived on a Saturday, in the late afternoon. I had "Marry Me chicken" in the crockpot, and a batch of sourdough focaccia still...

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2025: A knitting year in review

At the start of every new year, I enjoy looking back at a full year of knitting – noticing trends in my own making, and noticing what worked for me and when and where I managed to squeeze creativity into my daily life. I did a fair bit of knitting...

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A winter picnic, December days, and Arlo's first birthday

Nicholas took a day or two off of work each week throughout the month of December, so we enjoyed lots of time together with our little family. One week, we did two back-to-back days of cozy hikes at our local arboretum.

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