Before my husband and I started traveling in our camper, we spent several years in the small college town of Newark Delaware. We both grew up in the farmlands of rural Pennsylvania, about a 20-minute car ride away from the closest town. Biking was a simple childhood activity rather than a viable means of transportation. Our time in Newark was a...

The Camper Cup Sleeve is inspired by the time my husband and I spent planning our RV adventure. One of the most exciting things about a vacation or a major lifestyle change is dreaming up the perfect solution. My head was full of all sorts of romantic ideas. I love the colorful, yet simple look of vintage campers. To create this look the Camper...

It is only after years of making my own clothes, accessories and household items that I have come to appreciate my family’s legacy of crochet. My mother crochets regularly for her own enjoyment. She is a true gift-crocheter, often making crochet shawls and blankets for family members. Her mother, my Grandma J was always crocheting. She made gra...

I’ve been traveling around the country with my husband in our camper for the past two years. We usually have one or two major goals to accomplish in our annual travel plan and fill in the details as we go along. This past year one of our goals was to reach Colorado by early summer to visit with friends and family. We didn’t have anything planne...

My husband and I spent last Thanksgiving visiting friends in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. They were superb hosts, having invited a large contingent of guests (including us) that couldn’t be with family for the holiday. The day was wonderful and fostered a newfound appreciation for the friends we have and the effort people around the world p...

Before I started knitting, I didn’t appreciate cabling. I thought it was all 2x2 columns repeated around a whole sweater. That was before I saw the intricate cable panels on Aran jumpers, the traditional sweaters made for fishermen in the Aran Islands. These cables caught my attention and led me down the rabbit hole in search of more cable knits.

The honeycomb cable is one of my favorite cable stitches and it is perfect for cup sleeves. The stitch pattern creates lots of little nooks for your fingers to better grip your beverage of choice. The sleeve fits take-out coffee cups, wide-mouth mason jars, and pint glasses. This pattern looks best with a solid or speckled yarn because of the d...