(I have been on Planet Family for the past week!  And when I am there, I don’t seem to get into my blog – it is not just a matter of time, I think I use up all my words… Continue reading

I seem to be knitting a bright pink slouchy hat.  It just kind of happened. Classic Elite Yarns’s “Montera Slouchy Hat” pattern showed up in my email one day last week.  I thought:   Hmm.  How interesting.  I have a… Continue reading

I finished The March Tam in March (just barely!), but did not get photos done til now.  Since I am planning to write it up as a pattern (to be called "A Tam For All Seasons"), we had to do… Continue reading

I promised a status report on my tam and here it is: nearly 2 inches tall.  Yep, that’s it. But it has been an interesting 2 inches.  Nice slippery yarn on double-pointed needles.  The Channel Island cast-on was an adventure… Continue reading

My friend, Joyce, asked me for a tam pattern – I almost typed “recipe!”  But, actually, my preferred method of knitting tams is more a recipe than a pattern.  Ann Budd’s The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns gives me all… Continue reading

My Dad was quite pleased with his cabled hat.  He wore it several times during Thanksgiving weekend and I hope he will continue to enjoy wearing it on his walks at home.  It is a warm hat – all those… Continue reading

So, as I mentioned in an earlier post, my Mother asked me to knit her a hat.  Actually, she was looking at a photo of my grand-daughter Gwen in a hand-knit (by Sarah — who is still kind of obsessed… Continue reading