I have been trying to write about “End of Summer Knitting” — which could be read either as “End-of-Summer Knitting”or “End of Summer-Knitting”….and if I stop to ponder which I will never get on with this post!  Which is pretty… Continue reading

I have completed my Dive Tee (a kit from We Are Knitters — they have such fun stuff! And I love the quality of their yarn).  A great “late Summer and into Fall” piece in a delicious sunny pumpkin color.… Continue reading

It always feels good to complete a project — and when the project is a long-awaited one for your grandkids, well, it feels even better!  These “Crochet Creatures” have been a long time in the making, I confess.  There is… Continue reading

Hello and how did it get to be late June already?!  Not that I am complaining!  Especially as Summer finds me knitting out on the deck — which is just delightful. But before we get to the Deck Knitting, I… Continue reading

Knitting layette garments in the softest royal alpaca yarn has got to one of the best ways to await our new grandson!  The pieces are done — and we expect the baby to arrive any day now.  I seldom have… Continue reading

The Baby Knitting and the Spring Knitting are both progressing.  Tho the Baby Knitting has taken a sudden leap into the lead — as I seem to have a new layette set creeping onto the needles! My 6-yr-old granddaughter Evelyn… Continue reading

Well, here we are in May!  And whatever is opening up or will be opening up or will not be opening up anytime soon, Nature herself is opening up all around us.  For which I am grateful!  May is when… Continue reading

Spring has gained momentum here in the Pacific Northwest — and is going at full tilt!  Each hour seems to bring more leaves to every branch and I can almost watch the blossoms unfold.  It is warm enough to sit… Continue reading

Whatever is going on in this world — and whatever is being temporarily shut down or put on hold — babies are born!  That is a bright spot in my thoughts — especially as we anticipate the birth of our… Continue reading

When I saw the previews of Stephen West’s Painting Bricks Shawl I immediately thought of butterflies!   Do you see it?  It felt kinda crazy coincidental to me that he should come up with a “butterfly’ shawl just when butterflies were… Continue reading