If there are two things I like, it is planning projects and things that feel like a fresh start. The beginning of the year is perfect for both of those! I love watching vlogs or reading blogs of people's knitting and crafting plans at the start of each year, the 'Make Nine' trend one of… Continue reading 2025 Make Nine Plans (aka… wish list)
Author: Old Pine Hollow
Hello! My name is Alison and on welcome to my little creative space on the web. By day I work as medical lab manager and it is an insanely stressful job. So this is my little escape where I can try to live a little more creatively and a lot more slowly.
Summer Sock Camp 2024 Plans
This year, I went overboard.... In the past I have used stash yarn for my Summer Sock camp socks, with the exception of what I purchased to knit as Christmas gifts. But this year....I went WAY overboard with new yarn. Like I said in my general summer knitting plans post, the logo theme for SSC24… Continue reading Summer Sock Camp 2024 Plans
Summer Knitting Plans
AKA, how, in my excitement, I over extended myself...... again...... 🙂 Its a story as old as time: I tell myself, "focus on the WIPs you have! Use the yarn you have!" But along come some amazing sounding knit along and I get swept up in the excitement. It isn't long before new yarn comes… Continue reading Summer Knitting Plans
Knitting Nostalgia
Not so long ago, I discovered Annie's knitting podcast, the Live and Learn Knitting Podcast. (Annie also has a blog as well!) First off, it is always exciting for me to discover another knitter who is from my state (Wisconsin!). I don't have any local knitting friends, so watching people in the same state at… Continue reading Knitting Nostalgia
Ireland
This June, I was extremely blessed to be able to take a family trip to Ireland. And it wasn't just my immediate family....aunts, uncles, cousins....there were a lot of us! As fate would have it, my cousin was getting married to a lovely lad from County Clare! So we all packed up and flew from… Continue reading Ireland
The Leaves Are Falling Down
Last weekend it was in the 40s. I wore my sweaters. I had my first fire of the season in the fireplace. My handknit socks came out. This weekend, despite the fact that the leaves are all yellow and orange and falling through the air when the wind blows like autumn snow, it is 70… Continue reading The Leaves Are Falling Down
After the Solstice
This year, I was finally able to get Up North to the cabin for Summer Solstice. It was so lovely. I didn't do anything special in terms of food and I didn't have a ritual prepared, but just being amongst the pines and by the lake was magical enough! So, so healing. I had never… Continue reading After the Solstice
And Then, Summer.
Before I knew it, Memorial Day weekend arrived, and with it, the start of Summer. It is hard to believe it is June in two days. Where has this year gone?? I know that I have certainly not accomplished all that I had wished I would have by this point. But I am trying to… Continue reading And Then, Summer.
2022 – The Cross Stitch Plans
When I was very young there was a needle work store down the street from my house. It was called Calico Canvas and Colors. We lived in a fully residential area so looking back it was weird that the store was just...there. Perhaps that is why they moved locations in later years! Anyways.... There was… Continue reading 2022 – The Cross Stitch Plans
2022 – The Knitting Plans
I love setting crafting plans for a new year. I don't know why. I know, logically, that December 31st and January 1st aren't any different. Problems are magically solved and a "new you" doesn't happen instantaneously at the stroke of midnight, and yet....at the same time it does feel like a fresh blank page. I… Continue reading 2022 – The Knitting Plans
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