We are T minus 3 for Vogue Knitting Live!  I have 5 1/2 rows left of my Stephen West Shawl (these are the 800+ stitch rows) and 19 adorable little miter squares on my Q’mitl.  That’s it.  Do-able. Thanks to… Continue reading

A week from today, Sarah and I head up to Bellevue for Vogue Knitting Live!  And I am pretty excited:) We hit the early bird sign-up in June and went for the whole package — so we are facing 6… Continue reading

When things feel wonky and overwhelming, I develop a strategy.  I feel better and more grounded with a solid plan — but a semi-solid plan is even more practical, I find, as my days tend to morph and bumble along.… Continue reading

So, yesterday I sat out on my deck knitting and it was pretty idyllic (excpet that I was alternately shivering and sweltering with the annual family back-to-school cold…and there was this really belligerent hummingbird…).  The sky was blue, the temperature… Continue reading

And so before we launch into Autumn, an homage to Summer 🙂 These are my two lovely Beach shawls AND I AM BRILLIANT!!! You will notice that these photos are NOT sideways!  As all my photos have been for months… Continue reading

So, lately my email box has been inundated with "Christmas in July" offers and ads from craft sources.  I am not really a "Christmas in July" knitter.  I am more a "Late May in July" knitter — the astute among you… Continue reading

"I am not going to Home Depot in my swimsuit to buy a toilet seat." These words actually passed my lips on Wednesday — and once it was put that way, my husband did see sense.  It is just that… Continue reading

I want to go on a knitting retreat. Now. Today. I keep seeing announcements for them — they pop up in my email with tantalizing photos of Adirondack chairs and peaceful lakes. I can almost smell the coffee and hear… Continue reading

I do not know that I have ever done so much summer knitting!  By which I do not mean I am spending a lot more time knitting this summer (I wish!), but that the knitting I am doing is very… Continue reading

So thank heaven for linen, cotton, and silk 🙂 I continue on my marled linen cardigan — acres of stockinette and a bit mind-numbing (and on a hot, drowsy afternoon, oh man, my eyelids were drooping!).  So, I resurrected my… Continue reading