Knitting is harder than it looks. Harder than most people think it is. I remember this when I am teaching a new knitter – when she is surprised that knitting doesn’t come naturally, when she expects perfection and is impatient… Continue reading

Does everyone have a favorite “hang around the house” sweater?  Mine is a ratty and worn olive green cardigan from Old Navy – I bought it, oh, ten years or so ago and it probably cost about $15.00.  I love… Continue reading

I decided to rip back a book – Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle to be exact.  Now, quickly let me assure everyone that I am not actually tearing up a book!  I am ripping back the book the way I rip… Continue reading

My son, Geoff, is a professional magician – so I have a little first-hand knowledge of  how complicated it can be to make something look effortlessly impossible.  Really, only another magician can appreciate a magician’s work fully. To the rest… Continue reading

So, what does a career knitter do for recreation? Knit, of course.  It is kind of a joke, but kind of true.  Although, sometimes I get the hankering to crochet.  Maybe it is the Spring weather?  I have done a… Continue reading

Apparently, I do sleep with my knitting.  I had not really thought about it that way before, but I do.  Not actually in my bed!  But next to it – like a good and faithful dog.   I realized that… Continue reading

George and I had a street corner encounter with a woman of our acquaintance who we had not seen for some years.  Our kids had been in school together.   In the course of the usual “hello, how y’been? how’s the… Continue reading

I have a case of useful knitting tools that I carry around with me – as many knitters do.  I call it my Knitting Kit.  It is a cosmetic case, bought at Target a few years ago – 9 ½… Continue reading