Wha-ta-what?!  Cables for summer?!  Isn't summer all lace and linen and loose and languid?  Yes, but here in the Pacific Northwest you gotta have a summer hoodie.  For when the sun goes down and you are still at the baseball… Continue reading

It is Linen and Lace Season!  I have two Iinen projects going — one is a simple open cardigan with 3/4 sleeves done in a classy marled laceweight yarn.  Fine gauge stockinette — millions and millions of stitches!  But it… Continue reading

Yesterday was a sit-out-on-the-deck day and today is a curl-up-by-the-fire day — Spring in the Pacific Northwest!  But my brain seems to work better on the gray days anyhow and I am cozied up with a design project.  So, no… Continue reading

The four baby sweaters Sarah & I knitted this winter/spring have been delivered to the respective babies — so I can now post photos of them! These two zip-up-the-back sweaters were knit for cousins Shilo and Caspian who were born… Continue reading

I wore both my Spring Cowl and my Racoon Mitts on Easter!   (I hope, someday, to figure out how to make my photos show up vertically here!) I appreciate the cowl's warmth and am ridiculously delighted with the mitts.… Continue reading

So, the Spring Knitting is in full flow and I am feeling refreshingly optimistic about getting it done.  "Getting it done" means finishing these pieces on time.  "On time" means for Easter. Not that it really matters if they are… Continue reading

For some reason, I figured the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament would be a great time for me to get caught up.  We watch as much of the games as we can — so I loaded up on knitting, hand-sewing, letters… Continue reading

Once upon a time, there was a fun, spring-y knitting project kit that used a fun, spring-y variegated yarn with delightful thick and thin sections.  The project was a cowl (with 2 size options) that utilized the thick-and-thin yarn with… Continue reading

On Sunday, I woke with a head cold.  So, I took the day off.  Which means I stayed home and did nothing useful.  It was glorious!  I read, made some progress on the eternal needlepoint project, and knit on whatever… Continue reading

Well, I have too many projects going.  No big surprise there (it does happen from time to time).  And I have no one to blame but myself —  tho I have not given up trying!  The market at Madrona is… Continue reading