Tonight I intend to start knitting Sprout’s Yzma Blanket. Sprout is Sarah’s baby (due in about 2 months) and the Yzma Blanket is the wool snuggling blanket I — who am Yzma to my grandchildren — knit for each of… Continue reading

I think I have a blog post with this title every year about this time! But I am, indeed, back from The Beach — having had a fabulous time with my family. There is something incredibly and heartbreakingly wonderful about… Continue reading

This is the week before our annual family trip to The Beach — which means doing all the usual daily stuff, doing all the stuff to get ready for our trip, and doing all the stuff I told myself I… Continue reading

This is a week for completing projects — and it feels great! Today I sent 4 knitted pieces to Sasha in Elko. She had commissioned me to design and knit a sweater for a friend’s new baby. And The Leafy… Continue reading

My newest design, the Dock Street Scarf is done! Well, it is knit up and wearable — I plan to type up the pattern from my notes and do a proper photo shoot (I miss Sarah when it comes to… Continue reading

I have been tussling about with my Malabrigo Baby Silkpaca lace yarn (not in any way a bad thing to be tussling with!) figuring how to make it become the kind of piece I want it to be using the… Continue reading

I am writing this out on our deck where It is gorgeous and warm — but gusty! Everything is quite still and then there is a great whoooosh among the fir trees to the east and a gust of wind… Continue reading

I realized, the other day, that I am doing last year’s knitting! Okay, maybe this comes as no surprise to you — familiar as you might be with my process by now — but it was a “lightbulb” moment for… Continue reading

Okay, now where was I? Oh, yes, The Beachy Q’mitl. There has been an out-of-town baby shower (which Sonja & I hosted), 3 days of taking care of Owen, and the 4th of July since I last wrote — so… Continue reading

I found some fabulous stitch patterns for the Beachy Q’mitl in Barbara Walker’s 2nd book of knitting patterns. Including Ribbed Leaf Pattern which “is reminiscent of the shapes of fossilized fern leaves traced in rock” and Duro-Europos Patterns which “come… Continue reading