When I get right down to it, I do it for the love of wool.  Crewel is my favorite form of embroidery.  A desperate need for wool socks brought me to knitting.  I love to sew wool,  knit wool, spin wool, quilt wool, and wear wool.  I love sheep.  I love the way wool accepts […]

U is for Upstate.  I’m originally from Rochester, but we moved to Virginia when I was a little kid, so most of my memories were formed here.  Certain things about New York, particularly autumn in New York, grab me right in the spine.  The leaves and hills and the smell of the air are so […]

I know most of my ABC-along posts have been more philosophical, but right now I’m just excited that this is done!  I made this bag entirely from things I had on hand.  I came up with a general design and then jumped in.   I felted a bunch of sweaters, none of which were repairable, […]

Rosi put most of this gorgeous silk wool yarn on the swap table at the Knitter’s Review retreat last year, and I snapped it up.  Now that the weather is starting to cool a bit and this year’s retreat is approaching, I figured it was time to get to work on it.  I swatched and […]

I feel like I haven’t mentioned—or shown proof of—knitting in a long time.  This is what I’ve been up to.  I started a pair of mitts last  week, using a really great Trekking 100 colorway.  My current plan is to add mitten and thumb caps, attaching them just below the ribbing.  I predict playing a […]

I finished my Spring Forward socks, and I think they’re pretty darn cool.  The pattern was great to knit and the socks fit well, but I’m not so wild about the yarn.  I’d like it to be a bit softer–I think I am officially and permanently spoiled by fancy-schmancy sock yarns, sans nylon and preferably […]

(Does your Mother Goose say “Jiggity Jig?”  Mine never did.) Back from Utah, tired but happy. The llamas and dogs and people we love out there are all well.  We had unusually cold weather, which I liked.  And we ventured into Colorado–my first visit there. That post about photography may have been prescient. Something went […]

I may have a problem. When I was visiting Juno a few months ago, I bought some gorgeous hand-dyed Lobster Pot Cashmere yarn in a soft green.  I held off as long as I could, but decided to bring the yarn with me to work on when I went to Chicago last weekend.  And then […]

Last weekend, I went out west to visit with Two Sock Knitters, and another Sock Knitter, and a whole passel of contra dancers.  The University of Chicago hosted a fantastic dance weekend, complete with the fantastic bands Cosmic Otters and Nightingale, and the amazing callers Adina Gordon and George Marshall.  We went to tons of […]