This weekend we had some fabulous “knitting lace on the deck” weather. And I certainly did so! This piece is Corinne Ouillon’s Limonade (a free download on Ravelry) worked in Prism’s Delicato (hand-dyed Tencel yarn) which I had bought at… Continue reading

With my birthday and Mother’s Day coming up, the family have been asking me what I would like, gift-wise. And perhaps that is what fueled my brilliant idea for something that doesn’t exist yet. A KnitBit. You know, like a… Continue reading

Maybe it was Spring erupting all around me. Maybe it was all the Blankety- Blank-Blanket knitting. I don’t know. But suddenly I was ready for a Knitting Challenge. Something complex that would take all my brain. Something fabulous that would… Continue reading

Okay, life is not all blanket knitting here. I finished my Triangle Trois Shawl a couple of weeks ago and finally blocked it when George and I were at a hotel in Portland last week — there being no place… Continue reading

I have been trying to write a blog post for the past week or more. Trying as in thinking “Hmm, I wonder what is of knitterish interest in my life right now that I could write a blog post about”… Continue reading

Today is gray and rainy. Good blanket knitting weather. Which is a very good thing because I am currently working on 3 blanket projects. Two of which are actually blankets — the third is my Caramel cardigan which is quite… Continue reading

Not only did I finish Colette’s Spring Ensemble before Spring even arrived, but I had it ready for a St. Patrick’s Day photo shoot (appropriately so since it is a brilliant emerald green). And every part fit! All at the… Continue reading

Beginning a project is usually pretty much a slam dunk for me. Buy yarn. Wind yarn. Swatch yarn. Cast on. Boom! Then, the journey begins. With Tripartite (a gauzy ubiquitous wear-how-you-want piece designed by Stephen West), the beginning was a… Continue reading

Well, Madrona is over and the Yarn & Fiber Market is closed. Even as I write, much of the yarn is rolling south to Stitches West in California (wish I was too!) Not all of it got away however! Sarah… Continue reading

I am making some progress on the Promises. We finally hauled out the hot glue gun so we could put the felt paw prints on the grandkids’ mitts. Then when we put them on Max and Gwen this morning we… Continue reading