“I am an idiot.” That was me last night at about 10:00 when I realized that I had knit 2 1/2 inches of the back top of my Western Slope Tee in stockinette instead of garter. Okay, I know we… Continue reading

Hazy, dazy, lazy — call it whatever you want. It is the end of July, it is something like 90 degrees outside, it is a week til we go to the Beach and I don’t feel like doing anything but… Continue reading

It is crunch time for Summer Knitting! As in, get it done before it is too late. Not too late to wear — I anticipate being able to wear summer knits until mid-October. But too late to care about knitting… Continue reading

It is just too hot to knit blankets. Even at night. Sorry, people to whom I owe blankets, but it is just too hot. Really, it is too hot for wool. Much as I love wool, it is just too… Continue reading

Sometimes I like a little crochet. So when I saw the Floral Summer Mini Poncho in Stitch Diva’s “Wraps to Knit and Crochet” I thought “Why not?” (My daughters had several answers to that which included the words “Hippie” and… Continue reading

The weather here is glorious this week! The girls and I went down to the waterfront with the kids for lunch with my visiting sister — it is a perfect "Show off Tacoma" day and it is a great week… Continue reading

So what is hot in the Knitting World right now? Lace shawls, that’s what. Every yarn-y website, every yarn-y email in my inbox, every yarn-y magazine is a-flutter with lace shawls! And that makes sense because we are about to… Continue reading

Everything I needed to know about knitting Fox Paws I learned, um … from knitting Fox Paws. What I have learned: Never assume you have “got it now” and can just cruise. Don’t get cocky even on the stockinette sections… Continue reading

I am a seasonal knitter. You will not find me churning out wool scarves for Christmas gifts in July. Nor will you find me producing cotton summer tops in January — which means that I am casting on my summer… Continue reading

I fully intended to write about Fox Paws earlier this week — but, well, Fow Paws is treacherous and we were in no state for public appearances. Knitting Fox Paws is like having a stormy love affair (or so I… Continue reading