How full is your head space? How do you unwind? To answer these questions, I spent three days with nature...come join me! My husband and our family tribe took a 3-hour drive to Pennsylvania to the Allegheny National Forest, near my hometown (who knew this was essentially in my back yard!) We camped for 4 [...]
In the midst of quarantine...I went back to work.... I really enjoyed my quite, peaceful mornings, sitting at my kitchen table, listening to the birds outside the window.... and working feverishly to implement a new EMR (Electronic Medical Records) software program for the medical practice I work for... to say I've been stressed is an [...]
So is it winter or is it spring?? Will we stay healthy in the Covid pandemic?? Will there be baseball? What about my knitting adventures?? Can I still go outside? I don't know about you, but March is usually the month I start planning for warmer weather and all the projects I want to do..... [...]
Happy New Year!I can't believe that were this far into January! The month has flown by! Still waiting on that major snow storm to roll through, but I'm happy to report that it's been a very nice winter so far and I'll take it! Since it's a new year I've gotten out my passion [...]
Hello All! Ahhh.... the year is coming to an end.... Christmas is right around the corner....and I'm thinking of all the fun things I've done this year! I can't wait to see where 2020 takes Peacocks and Purls! Since we spoke last... my knitting orders have soared! Everyone has geared up for their Christmas giving [...]
I worked on some baby sweaters for little Della... cause let's be real, she won't be little for long... and I wanted to get her something knitted. I found a pattern for a cardigan style dress. I modified the pattern to suit my needs by adjusting the sleeves a bit and shortening it from dress [...]
So now that the weather is getting a little warmer consistently... even though we still have "May Showers"....its time to plan our yarny adventures! My knitting gals got to our first Fiber Festival of the year! The Great Lakes Fiber Festival in Wooster, Oh... You definitely need to check it out. Tons of vendors... I [...]
April brings several things...sometimes snow, sometimes showers...but mostly a rebirth if you will... April is such a special month... my birthday, my husbands birthday, Christ beats death, and the earth renews... The rains come...it washes away the winter blues, the road salt and grime, the trees start budding, flowers start springing up...the grass greens up, [...]
Since my girlfriends and I are trying to coordinate going to 19 yarn shops when we all work full-time...it has become difficult...and we really want to hit ALL the stores. Not just for the competition aspect of getting all the stamps in our books and entered in all the drawings...but because we want to see [...]
Attention! Attention!! I have exciting news! My knitting is in a store front!! A place you can go and touch, feel, see, smell.....OK, well maybe not smell.... but if you've followed my Instagram and Etsy website, you have a seen my knitting items - but now you can physically touch them, try them on...GET EXCITED!!! [...]
