Simplifying

I’ve been on a simplifying kick, lately.  My disorganization finally got to me a couple of weeks ago.  I needed to find a specific thing.  This thing was very important to me.  Actually, as a homeschooling mom, it was life and death level important because we didn’t get as much accomplished over the last school …

The problem with being a creative

Things have been busy here at Bravewood, as usual. How could life be otherwise? The kids are all busy, Spring is just around the corner, so all of Nature is starting to bustle with activity after the lull of Winter. I have two tiny daffodils blooming in my flowerbed and the helleborus is blooming in …

Stay tuned for more little woolly things

Little Woolly Things Blog Post graphic

Hello, crafty friends, and welcome to Little Woolly Things!  I have been knitting my little fingers to the bone, so I have some new things to show you.  And I’m also working on a very scary project, too, that I’m not ready to unveil yet.  I will tell you about it, but it’s not ready …

The secret to making an awesome tassel

Little Woolly Things blog post tassel tutorial

It’s finally here!  Tassels and stripes and unique shaping with colors and textures!  This is an idea that I have been playing with in the back corner of my mind for quite a few years.  I worked it up as a shawlette using novelty yarns and ribbons about 15 years ago, but it wasn’t really …

It’s a Woolly Life: what’s happening

It's a woolly life: what's happening

I’m going to be tote-woolly (bad pun) honest.  I started writing this blog post yesterday and then realized that I was just rambling about pretty much nothing, so I decided to delete it and start over again, because, you know, I could go on and on about all of the things going on, but it …