The Potholders That Taught Me to Crochet
I learned to crochet from a stack of dish towels that kept burning my hands, starting with lopsided potholders that got a little squarer with each one I made.
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The Cutting Board I Sanded Down to Nothing
I decided to make my own cutting board out of a stack of maple offcuts Sal had been saving in the garage,…
Knitting a Blanket That Took Three Winters
There is a blanket folded over the back of my reading chair that took me three winters to finish, not because it…
The Apron I Finally Learned to Sew
My mother had a drawer full of half finished sewing projects, and for years I assumed that was just how it went.…
The Bread That Did Not Rise for a Year
My grandmother made bread every Sunday of her adult life without ever writing down a recipe, and when I finally tried to…
Patching the Quilt I Made Too Fast
I made a lap quilt in eleven days for a friend's surgery, rushing every seam, and spent the following year quietly fixing…
The Birdhouse My Grandson and I Ruined Twice
My grandson Theo asked if we could build a birdhouse together the summer he turned nine, and it took two ruined attempts…