Ever since I started working at Yarn Harbor in January, it’s been a pretty nonstop flood of inspiration just being there. Every day there are probably five different projects that I wish I could cast on for right away. Unpacking boxes of yarn, seeing the customer’s projects, perusing the latest …
There’s just something about size 8 or 9 knitting needles that my hands do not like. I was knitting away, making great progress on a baby blanket for a friend using two strands of fingering weight sock yarn held double on size 8 needles. It’s knit from the center out, …
After a spate of hot and humid days, we had a sudden change in weather yesterday, with gusty winds and overcast, but not rainy, skies. I’m not a person who appreciates hot weather much, so the winds were especially welcome for me. The dimmed sunlight and refreshing breeze kept reminding …
All my life, my writing has been something I did on the side, when I had time, when I felt like it, or when I got up early or stayed up late to do it. I always dreamed that I could someday call it my career and focus my daytime …
Priorities: Writing, Knitting I’m so overdue for a blog post, but blogging often falls to the bottom of my priority list. Once Astrid is asleep, my priority is always writing on my novel. Other times, I knit. Ever since I started working at a yarn store (did I ever mention …
This is part three of a three part story. If you haven’t read the first two parts, here are the links: To the Hatchings, Part I To the Hatchings Part II And now, here is the story… To the Hatchings, Part III by Nikki Bollman Although the innkeeper had given …
This is part two of a three-part story. Originally I thought it was going to be a two-part story, but it just kept going! So there is more to enjoy. If you haven’t read the first part, go here: To the Hatchings, Part I To the Hatchings, Part II by …
I’ve been using short story writing as a way to elaborate on my world building. The bonus to using short stories for world building is that they also can be shared and enjoyed afterward 🙂 Sometimes my short stories tend to grow into longer stories, and that is the case with …
