There is a kitten in my knitting basket – temporarily. (Alas, kittens are always temporary as they eventually morph into cats, but that is probably just as well, as I am finding) The temporariness of the kitten is due to… Continue reading

I saw a swallow today – a violet-green swallow, to be exact! When the swallows return, I know that summer will come. I stood beside the mailbox and said, “Ah, the first swallow. Summer will come.” All solemn-like. In autumn,… Continue reading

I really need to knit. Knitting time has been scarce these last few weeks – I am becoming nostalgic for January when I had a back injury and the flu. Knitting time seemed so abundant then that I even took… Continue reading

Hope breathes in Stockinette Wasteland! Sarah offered to help and has graciously taken over the body of the sweater while I fiddle around with the Fair Isle band on the beginning of the first sleeve. Sarah certainly has a vested… Continue reading

Erratum: It is “Baba O’Riley” not “Bubba O’Reilly.” So, last night something niggled in my brain. Something was not right. And then it came to me: I had mistaken the name of the Who song (or is it “the The… Continue reading

I mentioned that Pelagia Fiber Arts has a website – which we hope will be good for business. It also has a baby, Max (Sarah’s son/my grandson – currently one year old and crawling) – which, we are sad to… Continue reading

Sarah and I – and several non-knitting members of the family – have had the flu. Knitting would seem the ideal occupation for someone too achy and weak to rise out of a chair and, say, do the laundry. In… Continue reading