There’s a kitten in my knitting bag!  His name is Gerhardt and he is a sweetie! Very cuddly,affectionate, playful, beautiful – everything one could wish for in a kitten. We were not in the market for a kitten, but…well, Sasha’s… Continue reading

We have a whopping 8 inches of snow!  It is gorgeous outside and cozy inside.  Winter at its best. I should be happily and productively knitting away — on George's sweater, on Gwen's socks, on Owen's blanket…. But instead I… Continue reading

I have been reading The Yarn Harlot’s blog – about her annual January “Startitis.”  Interesting.  Heaven knows, I have bouts of “Startitis” (the keen desire to start new projects) from time to time.  But not in January.   In January,… Continue reading

There comes a time to pack up the Christmas decorations:   just before it starts to feel more depressing to leave them up than to take them down.  For us, that day was today.  So down came the nutcrackers and tinsel… Continue reading

So, I had this sudden vision – something for the “in a perfect world” list:  Knitting Needle Vending Machines.  I know.  Brilliant.  I confess that my brain – in the moment of inspiration – modeled it after cigarette machines.  (Remember… Continue reading

Well, the swallows are not yet gone!  Sonja and I saw two when we were walking at Chambers Bay this morning. I guess I can keep knitting summer projects! Continue reading

Well, I have been soooo busy knitting that I have not had time to blog at all this past week.   Ha, ha, ha!  Not really.  Been too busy with summer to knit (much) or blog (at all).  Camping over… Continue reading

I have snuck off to my computer for a quick post. I am lucky to find my computer un-occupied and even luckier that no one caught me en route and lured me into, say, a game of badminton or a… Continue reading

When I am moved to sort my yarn-and-such, I had best do it – immediately!  The mood does not come upon me often.  So, yesterday, I sorted.   I confess that I was spurred by the general housecleaning necessitated by… Continue reading

We continue to have a lot of Life going on in our family.  The kinds of things people deal with all the time — a new baby on the way, a wedding to plan, elderly parents with health issues, a… Continue reading