I have a new hobby and I love it

Organizing my yarn stash

Posted on February 13, 2013 by moxiemanda

While Ezra was with my mom yesterday, I finally got the chance to get my office/craft room under control. Mostly this meant organizing my yarn. I never thought I would be that knitter. The one with enough yarn to possibly open her own – albeit small – yarn shop. But it happened. It’s a bit …Continue Reading

On Knitting, and why it’s like my therapy

Posted on November 8, 2012 by moxiemanda

I learned how to knit in February of this year. I have mentioned it before. I visited my local yarn shop with my mom and signed up for their “University” program – a special program where you take classes to earn credit toward products at the shop – and then took my first class, Learning …Continue Reading

I am officially in love with knitting

Posted on July 10, 2012 by moxiemanda

In my downtime, I have not only been reading a lot but I’ve been knitting a lot too. Of course, I’ve been working on pouches for my shop… but you can only knit so many rectangles and fold them in half before you start losing your mind. For the summer, my local knit shop started …Continue Reading

Step 1 for starting my business

Posted on May 2, 2012 by moxiemanda

Remember when I mentioned about starting another business? Well, I’ve begun the process! Step one was not what I normally spend days/weeks/months doing: research, research and more research. Instead, I bought supplies and just started making. I picked up these six skeins of Lambs Pride worsted yarn from my local yarn shop yesterday. I was so …Continue Reading