Back in August, I ordered Jimmy Beans’s “Fright Club” kit — 31 days of knitting to make a Halloween-inspired cowl and fingerless mitts 🙂 It came in September — a nice spooky box filed with 31 red and black bags… Continue reading

Fall is the Uber Knitting Season!  After Summer — when even the most dedicated knitters may be setting down their needles in favor of fun-in-the-sun — Fall comes in all chilly and sings her Siren song and we knitters all… Continue reading

Sarah and I had a terrific time at the Jimmy Beans Tahoe Untangled Maker’s Retreat!  Knitting with knitters from around the country, playing with techniques we learned in the classes, shopping the Jimmy Beans warehouse (!) — all in a… Continue reading

I am not sure if this is more correctly “End of Summer-Knitting” or “End-of-Summer Knitting.”  Perhaps both are accurate — as I am both concluding the Summer-Knitting and racing to the End of Summer with hopes of finishing these knitting… Continue reading

I finished two projects this week: a pair of slippers and a cotton lace shawl.  There is always a sense of deep satisfaction and (admittedly) relief in the completion of a project.  It is done! And often I have been… Continue reading

Okay, for me it is ALWAYS Shawl Season! I wear shawls everyday — and I usually have a shawl knitting project going.  But when Spring arrives, I get a little shawl-crazy 🙂 and knitting shawls is particularly joyous when the… Continue reading

I have been obsessing on short socks!  They are perfect with my in-the-house clogs.  And they look great with my funkier, chunkier shoes — especially with the loose and swoopy capri-length pants I have been favoring.  I would go so… Continue reading

Well, Happy New Year, All!  I am (as I usually am about this time each year) in descent from my voyage to Planet Christmas — ready for quiet days and long evenings.  I am loving our candles and battery tea… Continue reading

I do not know if there is such a thing as “Thanksgiving Eve” — but it always feels like the end of Autumn to me (tho I am fully aware that the Solstice and the official first day of Winter… Continue reading

September is slipping into October — and I am slipping into my Autumn Knitting 🙂 Cozy and vibrant projects which suit our lovely Autumn days and our deepening Autumn evenings equally well. I am always a fan of Hunter Hammersen’s… Continue reading