Emily Carey
@emame.bsky.social
Crafter, dog mom, New Englander. (Bad at bio blurbs)
I forgot to post Wednesday that Penny is now 11!
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I forgot to post Wednesday that Penny is now 11!
Connecticut Renaissance Faire tomorrow~ I just which it wasn’t going to be in the 80s. Gimme that little ice age weather!
October 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Connecticut Renaissance Faire tomorrow~ I just which it wasn’t going to be in the 80s. Gimme that little ice age weather!
Got really sidetracked from reading and have been knitting a whole bunch. Which also means I haven’t been sewing either. 🤦🏻♀️ But I finished knitting a vest using yarn I’ve had stashed for over a decade (and it’s been discontinued for about that long too)!
October 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Got really sidetracked from reading and have been knitting a whole bunch. Which also means I haven’t been sewing either. 🤦🏻♀️ But I finished knitting a vest using yarn I’ve had stashed for over a decade (and it’s been discontinued for about that long too)!
Got annoyed at the news on tv this morning. I turned it off and switched to my library book. Just realized I had switched from murder news to a murder mystery. At least Jesse Sutanto made me laugh?
September 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Got annoyed at the news on tv this morning. I turned it off and switched to my library book. Just realized I had switched from murder news to a murder mystery. At least Jesse Sutanto made me laugh?
I have finished reading five T. Kingfisher novels this year. Except I’m pretty sure she came out with 3 more since the start of 2025, so trying to catch up feels a bit like going up a down escalator. (Swordheart and the four Saint of Steel books, if you wanted to know which.)
September 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I have finished reading five T. Kingfisher novels this year. Except I’m pretty sure she came out with 3 more since the start of 2025, so trying to catch up feels a bit like going up a down escalator. (Swordheart and the four Saint of Steel books, if you wanted to know which.)
I’m kind of meh over Etsy at this point, but I did list a Maleficent dragon scarf over the weekend, if anyone’s been waiting for one. Sorry, I haven’t really been sewing this summer.
August 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I’m kind of meh over Etsy at this point, but I did list a Maleficent dragon scarf over the weekend, if anyone’s been waiting for one. Sorry, I haven’t really been sewing this summer.
About half an hour ago? Finn got sprayed by a skunk. Not a full blast but still 🤢
July 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
About half an hour ago? Finn got sprayed by a skunk. Not a full blast but still 🤢
Oh good, I needed some trauma today. Dog with the super prey drive just caught a groundhog in my backyard. Hunting turns off all his listening to humans. And then he wanted to make it an indoor toy. Nope nope nope. (Small blessing: saw no blood or guts this time.)
July 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oh good, I needed some trauma today. Dog with the super prey drive just caught a groundhog in my backyard. Hunting turns off all his listening to humans. And then he wanted to make it an indoor toy. Nope nope nope. (Small blessing: saw no blood or guts this time.)
Went to my parents’ house because it’s Dad’s birthday. Brought our refrigerated meats and dairy to stash in their fridge. Still no power. Might not be back until Sunday. 😓
July 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Went to my parents’ house because it’s Dad’s birthday. Brought our refrigerated meats and dairy to stash in their fridge. Still no power. Might not be back until Sunday. 😓
Started today (around 9:20) hearing a giant boom and the power going out immediately, so that’s… something.
July 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Started today (around 9:20) hearing a giant boom and the power going out immediately, so that’s… something.
I should be reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab because there’s a waitlist and I know it won’t renew, but instead, I started Paladin’s Strength by T. Kingfisher last night, and I’m somehow 172 pages in already.
July 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I should be reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab because there’s a waitlist and I know it won’t renew, but instead, I started Paladin’s Strength by T. Kingfisher last night, and I’m somehow 172 pages in already.
After a few days of “what tf am I doing,” I handstitched the quilting bits and machine stitched the edge. I got to use my grommet press for the first time! 😀 And this morning I hung it up in the front window. Not bad for a stash project! Just annoyed at my lateness.
June 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
After a few days of “what tf am I doing,” I handstitched the quilting bits and machine stitched the edge. I got to use my grommet press for the first time! 😀 And this morning I hung it up in the front window. Not bad for a stash project! Just annoyed at my lateness.
Earlier this year, I requested from the library Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher and Swordheart, also by T. Kingfisher. I finished Paladin’s Grace in April, and Swortheart finally came in for me last month. I finished it last week, and now I just want to read all the books in that world!
June 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Earlier this year, I requested from the library Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher and Swordheart, also by T. Kingfisher. I finished Paladin’s Grace in April, and Swortheart finally came in for me last month. I finished it last week, and now I just want to read all the books in that world!
If you guessed the blanket was going to be a Stardew Valley strawberry, I’d be impressed! Finally got it spread out to take a photo, but it still has a lot of tails to take care of!
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If you guessed the blanket was going to be a Stardew Valley strawberry, I’d be impressed! Finally got it spread out to take a photo, but it still has a lot of tails to take care of!
I nearly finished the blanket last week! I finished the squares and got them all assembled, but I still have all the tails to deal with. But now I’ve stumbled across Modern Domestic’s pride flag quilt pattern and decided to do some stash sewing. Fun fact: I haven’t actually made a quilt before.
June 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I nearly finished the blanket last week! I finished the squares and got them all assembled, but I still have all the tails to deal with. But now I’ve stumbled across Modern Domestic’s pride flag quilt pattern and decided to do some stash sewing. Fun fact: I haven’t actually made a quilt before.
Not gonna lie, I’m sad the last Joann stores are closing this week. Been going to them since I was little, when the stores were still So-Fro Fabrics/House of Fabrics. (Was also sad when Hancock Fabrics went out of business. And A.C. Moore. And Windsor Buttons.)
May 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Not gonna lie, I’m sad the last Joann stores are closing this week. Been going to them since I was little, when the stores were still So-Fro Fabrics/House of Fabrics. (Was also sad when Hancock Fabrics went out of business. And A.C. Moore. And Windsor Buttons.)
Spent the day at Robin Hood’s Medieval Faire in CT with husband and friends. A little chilly, but a good time.
Meanwhile, less than ten squares left for the blanket!
Meanwhile, less than ten squares left for the blanket!
May 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Spent the day at Robin Hood’s Medieval Faire in CT with husband and friends. A little chilly, but a good time.
Meanwhile, less than ten squares left for the blanket!
Meanwhile, less than ten squares left for the blanket!
I haven’t made a motif blanket in over a decade and clearly forgot just how much time it takes. I am determined to finish assembling this month, though! 37 squares left to crochet! (Out of 158)
May 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I haven’t made a motif blanket in over a decade and clearly forgot just how much time it takes. I am determined to finish assembling this month, though! 37 squares left to crochet! (Out of 158)
So this is my in-progress blanket. The back is still a mess. Anyone want to guess what it is? Clue-ish: each square is a pixel.
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So this is my in-progress blanket. The back is still a mess. Anyone want to guess what it is? Clue-ish: each square is a pixel.
So I started to sew after that last craft update, but, when paired with me working on my crochet blanket, it made my wrist angry. Decided to switch and finish a project I was asked to do months ago, and now I’m making totes to donate to the library because they’re having a booksale next weekend. 🤷🏻♀️
April 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
So I started to sew after that last craft update, but, when paired with me working on my crochet blanket, it made my wrist angry. Decided to switch and finish a project I was asked to do months ago, and now I’m making totes to donate to the library because they’re having a booksale next weekend. 🤷🏻♀️
All the protest photos from yesterday made Newsies pop in my head. “Nothing can break us / No one can make us / give our rights away”
April 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
All the protest photos from yesterday made Newsies pop in my head. “Nothing can break us / No one can make us / give our rights away”
Haven’t sewn in over a week due to running out of this specific shade of yellow, and not finding out until Joann’s stock of it had, of course, completely sold out. Finally made it to Lorraine Fabrics today, and they had it! ❤️ So I’m going to start that up again this week.
March 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Haven’t sewn in over a week due to running out of this specific shade of yellow, and not finding out until Joann’s stock of it had, of course, completely sold out. Finally made it to Lorraine Fabrics today, and they had it! ❤️ So I’m going to start that up again this week.
Liam made a frame for me out of pallet wood on Sunday, and today I finally got to weave the threads! Hoping to grow peas with it.
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Liam made a frame for me out of pallet wood on Sunday, and today I finally got to weave the threads! Hoping to grow peas with it.
I had plans to use this day off of work for sewing, but I wound up going to Warwick and donating blood instead. 🤷🏻♀️
March 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I had plans to use this day off of work for sewing, but I wound up going to Warwick and donating blood instead. 🤷🏻♀️