You may or may not have noticed that I’ve been tweaking the format of the blog a little bit. I had to upgrade both the WordPress template that I use as well as WordPress itself (by TWO versions, bad admin, BAD!), which took a fair bit of grumbling and cursing to accomplish. Now, though [...]

I’ve got some pretty things for sale up on Flickr to try and push us towards replacing our furnace before the cold hits this year. If you’re interested in some lovely wool sock yarns, a pair of  Brittany walnut needles, a trio of fingering weight alpaca in natural colors, and lace yarns, check out [...]

There is something about nearing the end of a project that makes my eyesight diminish and go into the west.

Last night I finished, for the second time, the owl cabling of my o w l s sweater. The first time around, I’d put the whole sweater on different needles because the size 8s [...]

I feel as if I am discovering my knitting all over again.

There was a time in the past couple of years when my knitting (and really, most of my crafting) was stagnant. Nothing felt inspiring, and except for very brief episodes when I would dig into stash or pick up an old project [...]

I mentioned that I’d knitted the shawl in my last post for a wedding we attended in New Orleans.

St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square

We left on a Wednesday and returned on Sunday, and in between was a whirlwind trip that was part vacation, part logistical wedding assistance, part gluttony (oh, [...]

I TOTALLY DID IT.

2:00 a.m., October 28th:

Evening of October 31st:

Photo by George Brett, Father of the Bride

Finished Object. On time/deadline. Happy Bride. TOTAL WIN, I tell you.

Project: Goddess Knits Samhain Shawl Yarn: Handpaintedyarn.com laceweight in “Natural”, one skein Beads: Glass “Pearl” drops purchased at Potomac [...]

This is the shawl that doesn’t end Yes, it goes on and on, my friends! One day I started knitting it, not knowing how it was, and I’ll just go on knitting it forever just because…

Cast on for a wedding shawl for my daughter’s godmother with the only requests being that it [...]

We’re still all wrapped up in house purchase things — we were supposed to settle Thursday, and then it was going to be yesterday, and now it’s MAYBE going to be Monday but we’re not sure…well, you get the idea. It’s been very frustrating and a totally encompassing project, but in the meantime, we [...]