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    On the Needles: FOs and a Cast-On Party

    September 23, 2025 - By 

    Welcome to this month’s On the Needles crafty update! This month has a little bit of everything…Finished Objects, new yarn acquisitions, and some new projects! So let’s get right into it, starting with the FOs. My first finished object is the Daisy Dress, which was one of my “Make 9” goals for this year, and I was so happy to finish it back in August when the weather was still warm enough to justify wearing it. (Today, in contrast, is rainy and 54 degrees F!) Since this was my second iteration of this pattern, I knew I needed to make…

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    On the Needles: WIP Wednesday, August 2025

    August 20, 2025 - By 

    Here we are on the downhill side of August already! This week, I wanted to share an update on my current makes, and I also needed a bit of a kick in the pants to finish some projects instead of starting any more new things. So, welcome to Work In Progress (WIP) Wednesday! Let’s dive in… My first WIP is one I have shared before, but this month I am finally getting very close to finishing it! As you can see from the photo, I am in the middle of knitting the front panel of the “Smiling Honey Top” by…

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    On the Needles, July 2025

    July 23, 2025 - By 

    This week on the blog I have a little crafting update to share. As with my vacation reading, I did not get as much knitting done on our trip as I expected to, mostly because it was usually just too hot to want to pick up any yarn. But I have made a good bit of progress on something that I will share later on in this post. First, though, I wanted to start off with a finished sewing project that I just completed yesterday for my daughter! We are calling this the “Sunflower Dress”, and it is based on…

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    On the Needles, June 2025

    June 18, 2025 - By 

    Welcome to my sewing and crafting update for June! I am pleased to start this post off strong reporting that another summer sewing project is in the books. And I got to check off another one of my planned “Make 9” pieces, too! This was a really quick skirt project, in spite of a few hiccups along the way, mainly because I had cut out the pieces for this pattern ages ago. McCall’s 5612 skirt pattern is a pretty basic A-line skirt with a waistband and back zip. Any issues I had with the pattern were all self-inflicted. First off,…

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    On the Needles, May 2025

    May 7, 2025 - By 

    This month I decided to combine my sewing and knitting update into one because, truthfully, I have not been doing a huge amount of either lately. I just have one project that I am really enjoying working on right now, so let’s start with that first! As I mentioned in my last knitting update, I haven’t felt like working on my winter projects since the weather started warming up. So I was already in the market for a new cast-on to reignite the knitting mojo. Then I stumbled upon this locally produced alpaca and alpaca-wool blend yarn in a thrift…