Bottomless.

Is it also true that other disciplines are as bottomless as knitting?  That the more you learn, the more you realize there is to know?  I think so.     
 – Elizabeth Zimmerman 

The past year of knitting and blogging, and blogging about knitting, and knitting so I have something to blog about, has opened many doors for me, both [...]

Ever the Contrarian.

Remember a few weeks back when I had everyone vote on the highest and best use for my Ultra Alpaca? 
Remember when you voted overwhelmingly for the Hemlock Ring?

Yeah.  So here’s the Shetland Triangle I started a couple of days ago… 
What?
There’s a long explanation for this, and I won’t bore you with it.  Short story is [...]

Off the Needles… Finally!

I’m learning that knitting projects seem to have minds of their own.  We think we “should” be working on something, but other projects call more loudly.   Working a project out of a sense of duty is the quickest path to killing the joy.
I started this shawl last July, and it came out in bursts of [...]

Keep Your Coffee Cozy.

Cheryl has generously posted an adorable, quick pattern for a mug sweater with a matching tam.   After she posted her prototype I offered to test knit it for her, and she promptly sent me the pattern.  Which I promptly printed out at work and carried in my briefcase until after the holidays and stealth knitting [...]

Surprises.

This is “NOT a holiday box” of lovely goodies from The Evil Stacey. 
Never mind that it arrived on Christmas Eve.  Or that it contained such an array of funny, useful, and downright fabulous (Kathmandu anyone???).   Thank you, Stacey.  You are truly evil.  This is why we love you.

Here we have the finished Fetchings, ready to be [...]

Good Cheer to You and Yours!

However you spend the day, may it be full of peace and sweetness!
 

Winter is Here. Got WIPs?

I do, and I’m trying to be disciplined about getting a few things finished before I launch more projects.
This is the “core project” trio:

Clockwise, we have the EPS, in the “third time’s a charm” iteration;  a plain ol’ ribbed sock in a lovely Trekking XXL from Angie, also in its third incarnation (again, this one [...]

Festival of Lights.

Happy Hanukkah!
And Happy Monday, All!

Sunday Silliness.

Last night I was treated to a viewing of the movie Mama Mia with some friends.  It was so bad it was good.  My daughter and I were giggling on the way home about how they must have written the script:  The writers sitting around listening to the Abba tunes, hollering out “wait, wait, I KNOW!”  and coming [...]

Patterns!

I’ve been getting some really cool *free* stuff in my in box.  Too cool not to share with my friends.  (Yes, I understand the evils of advertising, and I’m well aware of the concept of TAANSTAFL.   I can’t help it.  I’m a marketer’s dream.  Sue me.)
First, go see Knitting Daily to download their generous offer of [...]