So the BFF socks are off the needles. For some reason I feel compelled to share that they aren’t right. The pattern is great, the yarn is luscious . . . but the knitter wasn’t paying attention. You can kind of see it here: See how the right one is …
Ever feel like the machines are not your friend? It’s been one computer drama after another around here this week. I’ve been fighting with my email for days, the server at work that lets me do my thing has been on the blink, my father’s computer went crazy last night …
Spinzilla is underway! Since Sunday, it’s been pretty much all working and spinning around here. I decided to start the week off with 12 ounces of alpaca/BFL I got from our friends whose farm we visited for Alpaca Days a couple of weeks ago. What a pleasure to spin! It drafts incredibly easily …
Today, I turned fifty years old. I slept late, had coffee in bed, connected with people I love, went for a walk in the woods wearing handknit socks, ate Thai food, took a nap, and am now about to curl up on the couch for knitting and the new season …
Today, we hung out with great friends and alpacas. It was learn-about-alpacas weekend around here, so we spent the day visiting and spinning while the curious came to see our friends’ farm. Last week was busy and left me feeling a little dragged out, so it was fun to relax …
The sun was just coming up as I left Texas to head home. As I had anticipated, I got to do a lot of airport knitting on this trip. Most of it was on Gramps. This was the day I left, during the first loooong layover. This …
So I’m knitting the sleeve on Calligraphy for the third time. The first time I realized my in-the-round sleeve gauge was much tighter than my back-and-forth body gauge. It took me about two inches of knitting to figure that out. If you’re thinking I must not have been paying much …
In the last two minutes while I should have been working but instead have been looking at Twitter, I’ve learned: that I really must knit Portiere, that Toni Morrison talked to NPR on Monday and said the words, “I regret everything,” that Abby Franquemont has just released a new video, The New …
I love the Tour de France. Loooooove the Tour de Fleece. But I couldn’t keep up the pace of my personal challenge this year. Well, I guess I could have, but doing so meant less time for reading and much less time for knitting. Last year, it worked out. I …
I think it’s in the air . . .
