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Tiny Hats, Or How to Choose a Charity to Support

Sarah White December 2, 2015 Holidays / Home and Family Life / KnittingOne Comment

I have always liked the idea of volunteering and giving more than just money to a cause, but the thing is, I don’t really like doing the things that volunteering for a lot of organizations would require me to do. I detest talking on the phone, I’m not too great …

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts for You and Your Kids

Sarah White March 6, 2014 KnittingLeave a comment

I guess I’m just craving green and rainbows right about now, but I’m really feeling the need to craft things for St. Patrick’s Day. My family is pretty darn Irish (and my brother’s name is Patrick) so this is a holiday I celebrated growing up, but we’ve never done much …

Mourning Your Creative Losses

Sarah White September 12, 2013 KnittingLeave a comment

This quote turned up on Julia Cameron’s Facebook feed the other day, and it’s really appropriate for me because I’ve been thinking about the need to remember and acknowledge our creative losses in order to move on from them. One of the most powerful sessions at Blissdom this year was …

You Must Remember This

Sarah White August 1, 2013 Knitting3 Comments

As you all must be aware by now, I have a book that just came out. Now, I am a relatively rational person. I understand that publishing a book is a big deal. Someone who has never even met me in person liked my online presence enough to ask me …

And Then, Things Got Real

Sarah White May 1, 2013 KnittingLeave a comment

I’m having a lot of trouble focusing today (which is actually yesterday, as you read this, but I’m sure it’s still true). For one thing, the major backyard renovation that’s been going on for a month (except for those two weeks in the middle when it wasn’t going) has gone …

Help Me Clean Up My Office: A Felty Book Giveaway

Sarah White April 12, 2012 Knitting31 Comments

I have a lot of knitting books (well, and crochet books, and sewing books, and crafting books…). I get books sent to me to review. I buy books. Heck, I even write books. It has added up over the five years I’ve written for About and the many years I’ve …