The Keyboard Biologist Knits

Most of a little sweater courtesy of Knitting Pure and Simple's Babies Top Down Cardigan. The largest size for this cardigan is 18 months. I'd like the sweater to last Ms. Z into the fall, so did a...

What's a girl to do when the nanny is already scheduled to come take care of the baby and has a vacation day planned? Well, on Friday I decided I needed an inspiration day and after meeting John fo...

For anyone who has been following this blog for a while, you already know that I am pretty much the world's worst resolution maker and keeper. I have lots of good intentions, but I tend to be both ...

I have been on the under motivated side of the equation while on my holiday break. I try to sit down and work on something and I find myself drifting from one thing to another, not really accomplis...

It is a rare occasion indeed when I get to baking twice in two weeks. Honestly, though, I just couldn't handle that my holiday cookies hadn't turned out exactly the way I had envisioned them. Not e...

I never thought having a child would make Christmas an even better time than it already is, but this year, it was really wonderful and special. From the Christian holiday perspective, Christmas, i...

Well, clearly this sock isn't going to get hung anywhere for a little while, but since it is Christmas Eve I thought a quote from 'Twas the Night Before Christmas would be appropriate. This sock-in...

Wow! Thanks for all the suggestions for the post-zested lemons. I know I'll be trying this recipe again, so I will keep those in mind -- and also I will suggest to Santa that I might like a micropl...

I'd like to introduce you to one of my prized possesions.This old mixer was on Christmas cookie duty when I was a child. It is certainly nearing 30 years old and it still runs like a champ. When my...

Today is not so much of a retrospective as an accounting. The pictures were taken on a sunnier day, before the snow started to fall. All my socks were clean (except for one notable pair) and it se...