Happy New Year!

Last evening the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah – the head of the year – began at sundown.  You can read all about it here, should you so desire.
Celebrating the beginning of a new year in the fall is a lovely tradition.  There are no dropping disco balls, noisemakers, or fireworks, and the only funny [...]

Startitis.

Thanks to Sarah, I finally found the perfect project for that skein of Noro sock yarn I acquired earlier this summer.
To wit:

A nascent Shetland Triangle.  As soon as I saw Sarah’s lovely finished shawl, I knew that this yarn was not meant to make socks.  After having my own lousy experience with an attempt at [...]

Even though it’s not raining here…

What Your Black Umbrella Says About You

When faced with adversity, you respond with authority. You don’t let problems faze you.
You are naturally powerful and commanding. People look to you to take charge.
You are elegant and classy. You know how to always say and do the right thing.
While you stand out, you also fit it. You [...]

The Bookshelf.

Time for another reading post, methinks.  I’ve been touring more knitting books, which has become somewhat of an obsession.  In a good way.
Lace Style by Pam Allen and Ann Budd is one I keep returning to, thinking there must be something in it I could handle now, without stabbing myself in the heart with an [...]

Lucky Number

Whoohooo!
Psych – no, I didn’t suddenly sprout a groovy pair of socks off my needles.  These are Certified Cookie Socks, with patented CCSRs, so kindly gifted to me for being commenter 9000 on Shut Up and Knit!
How cool is that?
Cookie sent me the ball band, so I can tell you that these happy socks were [...]

The Random Week Continues.

It’s Wednesday, so I should give at least a passing mention to food.  I have been in a cooking slump lately.  Making the same old, same old – blogging it would be an exercise in “that, AGAIN?”  Just like real life…  I think it’s mostly about being busy, and – OK, I’ll admit it – [...]

Random Knitting Observations.

A funny thing has happened at my LYS.  This store is only a few blocks from me, and it is a longstanding member of the Fiber Establishment.  Venturing there used to be a rather forbidding experience.  The women who worked there – and there were only a couple, including the owner - were rather humorless.  It was [...]

Finished!

Thanks to everyone who wished me well – your good vibes were with me, and I think they may have influenced the vaguaries of the weather, as well.  It turned out to be a perfect day for running – 70 and slightly overcast.  We had a good run overall, although we were really feeling our [...]

I’ve got nothing.

As such, I felt moved to demonstrate just how fascinating I really am…

You Are 80% Interesting

Believe it or not, you are a very fascinating person.
You’re probably too busy being interesting to realize exactly how interesting you are.You have a rich, full life. You are curious about the world, and you are very open to new [...]

Funny Thing.

No, don’t get excited!  I didn’t suddenly sprout a new sweater off the needles for you to ooh and aah over!  I’ve been wanting to show you this for a while, because there’s a bit of a story here.  This is a sweater that was given to me by a friend about 26 years ago.  [...]