Simply Summer Knitting and more...

Knit Simple

Inspiration!

Brighten Your Home Decor with

Bernat Beach Ball Dishcloths

Little House in the Suburbs

A delightful mix of knit patterns (free), recipes, crafts, a book and much more.

Enjoy the lazy hazy days of summer, weekend projects, and the upcoming holiday weekend coming our way soon.

Happy 4th of July,

Margaret

Ghostly DIY crafting, ideas and recipes...

Pic taken with a flash during my solo journey into the darkness at Ft Mifflin last Spring. I was walking in total darkness.  Guess I'm more afraid of snakes, clowns, and mean people than the dark.  Go figure...Knitting and exploring respectfully since I can remember.

Do you need some DIY Halloween help?  I was looking around today and noticed Tipnut's DIY Halloween section.  It's a great place to find oodles of free crafty projects, recipes, decorating and party ideas.  You can never be too prepared or too spooky for Halloween. 

Dave and I have our official list of Autumn and Halloween festivities to see and I'll be sharing the spooktacular fun as we go.

Side notes: We saw Abduction this past weekend. It was filmed in Pittsburgh, Dave's hometown and we had fun checking out all the scenes of the city.

My Halloween read is a book by Zak Bagans and Kelly Crigger, Dark World.  It's an interesting look into Zak's life as a ghost hunter. If you enjoy the series, it will not disappoint.

Margaret (knitting, cleaning, and destashing tra la la)

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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
H. P. Lovecraft
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Are you ready for a super snack down?

The Ultimate Super Bowl Book: A Complete Reference to the Stats, Stars, and Stories Behind Football's Biggest Game - and Why the Best Team Won


Playoffs, ProBowl, SuperBowl - 'tis the season for snacks and snacking.  Here are a few links that I found helpful with recipes to soothe the savage armchair football enthusiast.  Now normally I would be posting about knitting, but this weekend I've been vegging out on football and I began searching for recipes.

Looking for easy recipes! Go here .

Need more?  Jog on  over to Over 30 recipes and snack ideas.

Want more healthy options?  Check it out right here.

Seeking Southern comfort food solutions to snacking down?  Visit here.

Do you want ideas on how to make your celebration more green this year?  Check out this article from Greenzer.com on ways to make your Super Bowl snacking more earth friendly.

This completes the snacking portion of this weeks blog installments.  I hope you've enjoyed this small, but tastey treat break from your knitting.

Margaret (ready for a snack down and a new knitting project)

Crafty inspiration is at your fingertips on CreatingTheHive.  Buzz on over today and Join in the free fun. 

Creating The Hive Members Go Festive!

Today, I thought I would take a break from knitting goodness to share with my knit1fortheroad and margknittinaround blog readers, a whole lot of baking and recipe ideas at Creating The Hive (the crafty place to bee).  While you're there, please check out TheHive's 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - What you can win!! posted by Melissa Marro, the dynamic founder of the Hive and become a member here to take part in all the festivities. Just about every art and craft you can think of can be found on the Hive and it's a wonderful place to revel in community, inspire others and be inspired.


Get ready for a mouth watering time!



Fruit and Nut Holiday Shortbread
Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
Five Days of Holiday Baking Recipes: First Up, My Top Secret Cookies..."Hey, Martha, Check These Out!"
VERY EASY–PEANUT BRITTLE
Delicious Holiday Appetizers
Hemp Bagels


My wish for you today, is that this blogpost will help you to take a break from your usual stressful routine and let the creative juices take over.


Marg (think it, make it, and shake up your world)

Here's a little music to help you with the shake portion of this blog. Go ahead, dance around and twirl it up a bit, no one will see, and if they do, they're just going to join in...no worries.


Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a time to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride in the U.S. Here are a few things you can do to take part in the festivities.  If you have any favorite ways you celebrate, comment and share with us.

First stop is a visit with the wonderful Crafty Chica (Cathy Cano Murillo) for some crafty ideas that will have you smiling with glee.  So much glitter, so little time.  We love the Crafty Chica for her wit, honesty and warmth and for helping us to become the ultimate glitter girls.

Crafty Creations #18: Cinco de Mayo at the Abilene Public Library.

Cinco de Mayo Recipes from kitchendaily.com.

Cinco de Mayo for kids and teachers.

I hope you'll find time to celebrate life, love, and freedom this week, wherever you are.

Marg (I can't believe it's May already)


Crafty Chica's Art de la Soul: Glittery Ideas to Liven Up Your Life

The Crafty Chica Collection: Beautiful Ideas for Crafts, Home Decorations and Shrines from the Queen of Latina Style (Quarry Book)

CRAFTY INAUGURATION FUN!

Inauguration Day is getting close. Do you need some crafty ideas and recipes for the big day? Crafting (and a little history prep) can help teach your children all about democacy in action. Here are a couple of sites to help you get organized. Kaboose offers crafts to celebrate red white and blue, along with related links on crafts and activities. There's even a history tab to click on for the 411 on all the presidents.

Celebrations is party central with planning, prep, recipes and more. How 'bout that Mohito recipe for the adults! There are also decorationg and craft ideas, as well.

Note to my hardcore knitting readers who may not want to visit the craft zone on this blog: please don't go rambo on me- do stay tuned -I'll be back with more knitting fun on my next post.

Sooo get fired up people - celebrate, share with your friends and loved ones, save a little tme to knit or crochet and your world will be a little brighter.




Knit-Share-Go Celebrate!Marg (finding the temp still down below 0)