My husband asked me for a sweater Clark Griswold would be proud to wear. After searching fruitlessly, I spent an afternoon pausing and rewinding the movie until I had the closest approximation to the sweater in question.

I saw a fun stitch pattern in one of my many stitch dictionaries and I immediately saw a hat. The pattern undulates using a long loop that makes it look like waves, hence the name. The stitch pattern makes for an extremely stretchy fabric, especially with a wool blend. The hat fits everyone in my family from my 6’5” husband down to my 2 year ol...

My husband decided to build my son, Everett, a toddler bed for his next birthday in the shape of a tractor. He then asked me to design a blanket for this bed and “make it look like dirt, with tire tracks in it.”

The recent Disney movie “Frozen” inspired this design. I was listening to the song, “Let It Go” over and over again because the lyrics were very powerful to me. The song, to me, was about letting my past go and not allowing it to define me or put restrictions on my current happiness and potential. Additionally, the beautiful voice of Ms. Idina ...

My son asked me to make him a train scarf. After searching for hours and deciding that none of the patterns were what he wanted, I designed my own.

I never learned the “proper” way to pour wine. I always end up with a drip sliding down the outside of the bottle. Usually, I just wipe it up with a towel, but when I have a party, I can’t guarantee that all my guests would be as considerate. So, to avoid red stains on my counter, I put these little rings/ cowls on my bottle to catch the drips.