I’ve been doing a fair amount of racing around without managing to take many photos along the way. I’m trying to do as much spring gardening as possible, partially to prepare for the heavy equipment which will soon wreck our front garden while digging up our sewer line.  Imagine pictures of weeded and mulched beds, […]

I’ve been so quiet about my knitting over the last several months because I’ve been working on some new patterns for publication. The first, Fand’s Stole, is now available through Spirit Trail Fiberworks. It’s a very quick, simple knit, designed to show off Jen’s wonderful silk and wilk/wool yarns.  I made the first one from […]

I’m still rearranging the new digs, but I’d like you to join me here with your RSS subscriptions. So, how about some bribery prizes for loyal readers who make the trek with me? I’ve got lovely little Lanea-made sock bags and plenty of fabric to make more, and I may even feel the urge to […]

How badly do I want that sign?  I want that sign, alright.  Gimme the sign, Smithsonian!  GIVE ME THE SIGN! Scott and I ended up with an unexpected block of unplanned time and nice, clear weather last weekend, so decided to spend it on The Mall.  We visited the renovated National Museum of American History.  […]

We spent the long wekend with dear friends in Canaan Valley, West Virginia.  We wandered around Blackwater Falls and the park surrounding it.  We’ve had unseasonably warm weather in the DC area over the last few weeks, but thankfully West Virginia is holding on to some winter.  I flirted with birches, like I do.   They flirted back. The […]

I got a raise, what with my shockingly professional gig as a web monkey, er, Lead Web Coordinator.  Is that not the most PC title you have ever heard for a Master Spider? I mean, really, do I get a baton AND nice juicy flies too? Right, where was I . . .  I don’t need yarn, […]

A small locker-hooked rug finished: A bug new, hooked rug begun: I’m using leftover and recycled yarns  for this, which is great fun. And, finally, a huge linen scrap quilt top finished: Excuse the flash and stray threads and skewed seams . . . Hot damn, am I glad this is done.  It’s 103″ on […]

Like many spinners, I have fiber I don’t intend to spin.  Some of it is stuff I used to like to spin but don’t anymore, some of it is felting fiber that I haven’t felt the need to felt, and some of it is raw wool that I only have little bits of here and […]

As I mentioned, I made some socks for me; And I made some socks for Scott (which are much bigger than mine, despite appearances,  and also have little clothes-pin dents, which please and annoy me by turns) ;  And I received a gorgeous clapotis Ruadhan made for my birthday, and which I cannot stop wearing; […]