Before I blather on about unimportant minutia . . . my friend Scott Hull is in desperate need of a liver again.  He is now in the number one slot of the liver transplant list at John’s Hopkins.   His cousin Marcus donated a big healthy chunk of liver to Scott last fall, but transplants don’t […]

I studiously ignored the sockyarn blanket for weeks (WEEKS!) while working away on gifts.  But now Christmas has past, and I can only spend so much time chained to the sewing machine making sock bags.  Speaking of sock bags, I’m almost done with a big batch of sock bags.  I’ll try to post photos, but […]

For anyone keeping score, it may seem as if I’m not all that close to this year’s goal of reading a large portion of the unread books in our library while simultaneously avoiding purchasing books.  Well, we’re nearing the end of 2007 and I’ve actually done quite well.  I bought a few books that were […]

You ever have one of those days, when your hair looks like a ragged doll’s, and things just don’t go well at work, and the subway is too hot so it’s sort of nauseating but too crowded to take off your coat, and the traffic is horrible, and you can’t find something you have to […]

My friend Jayme went and finished making a whole person, and even kitted her out in a lovely hand-knitted ensemble.  Welcome Laura, who just couldn’t wait any longer.   She came a bit early, but mother and baby are both healthy, and Laura is obviously adorable.  She was fawned over by many, many knitters tonight.  I’m […]

Edited to add: In case there’s any question, I posted this tutorial in the spirit of generosity.  It is copyrighted material, however, and thus no one is permitted to reproduce the pattern or the bags made from the pattern for profit without my express permission. Sorry if that seems brusque–just trying to protect my intellectual […]

Edited to add: In case there’s any question, I posted this tutorial in the spirit of generosity.  It is copyrighted material, however, and thus no one is permitted to reproduce the pattern or the bags made from the pattern for profit without my express permission.  Sorry if that seems brusque–just trying to protect my intellectual […]