Category: Updates
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Soda Bread Winner
Drum roll! …. We have a WINNER! On Sunday we entered two breads into the local Irish Soda Bread contest at Now You’re Cooking in Bath, Maine. The competition was divided into two categories. Traditional Breads and Non-Traditional Breads. We entered one bread into each category. I was interested in the traditional bread whereas Maria…
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Shamrocks and Soda Bread
I’ve never tasted Irish Soda Bread until a few days back. There was a tasting at my local natural foods store, I tasted it and I liked it! The first thing I did coming home was to do some research into its history and to find a recipe similar to the one I had tasted.…
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Catching up with projects, old and new
Last fall we had some technical problems with the site and an external hard drive and … Well, don’t ask what happened, I couldn’t even begin to answer, but my darling daughter and web manager Anna fixed the problems. Unfortunately in the process we lost the photos in the older tutorials! Big bummer! We had…
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Sneak peek …
My grandson is now three weeks old. He’s such a sweetie! I’ve been helping out with night feedings and holding him due to his tummy aches. Poor little one. But I seem to have some granny magic because he calms down and feels better. As long as I hold him! I haven’t been able to…
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Purple!
“Purple is not a real color!” That’s what people told me in the 60’ when I was a child. How could they say that? To me it was clearly a color on it’s own, distinct from red and blue. But no, no matter how I questioned their opinion or argued against it, they still didn’t…
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Granny Squares Again!
My grandson was born yesterday! He’s gorgeous! I’m a granny times two now. Or “Mommo” as we say in Finland-Swedish. It’s a nickname for mormor, which means mother’s mother. I’m at my daughter’s, caring for the dogs and the cat, eagerly waiting for the family to come home. So, yesterday we had a funny “history-repeats-itself”…
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Mohair scarves and fruit salad
Some time ago my sister gave me loads of fancy yarns. She had an exquisite little yarn shop in a small town in Pennsylvania. I loved that shop and all the fine yarns stocked up everywhere. She used to give small knitting gifts to us and even taught my youngest daughter to knit. A few…
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Happy New Year, and new beginnings!
Lao-Tzu, a Chinese philosopher, had the right idea: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” 2013 has arrived and it’s my lucky 13! It won’t be a journey of a thousand miles per se, but it’s still an adventure I’m looking forward to. Who knows where it’ll go from here? Snovej…
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For the Love of Buttons!
“Every button has a story. Every button is a tiny piece of history: a moment in time you can hold in your hand.” – Pam Vasilow (button collector) I love buttons. I collect them. Buttons are more or less the only collection I have if you don’t count my arts and crafts materials.…
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Oh, Christmas Tree …
Here’s an idea for a cute, easy and fast last minute Christmas decoration. Hang it in your tree or use it as a name tag or make a bunch for a garland or mobile. This is how to do it: You need a round piece of paper. Any size will work. Easiest way to do…
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Cash Mob!
Cash mob! I’ve heard the expression before, but hadn’t given it much thought until today. My daughter told me about a Cash Mob taking place in her small New England town. I felt a rush of excitement and quickly googled the idea: A Cash Mob is a group of people with cash on hand flooding…
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Freeform Crochet Part 1
Freeform Crochet Lately I’ve been entangled in the inspiring world of Freeform Crochet. I stumbled upon it by chance and got instantly hooked – pun intended! Smile!Limitations are not for me. I like to learn about things, like a new technique, but before I know it I’ve taken the idea apart and rearranged it…