Since the ability to write meaningfully about ideas, even knitting ones, has apparently left me, here are some miscellaneous things I’m loving on this Monday. These Chilean Men taking their needles to the streets: The February #yarnlovechallenge happening on Instagram. I blogged about Lola’s short-lived sweater here: …
I’m lucky enough to call all of the people interviewed and mentioned in this article friends. During these days when counting blessings is essential, I consider this a big one.
I’m joining in for another week of the Yarn Along today with a book on bees and a return to blanket knitting here at Casa Knit Potion. A lot of the reading I’ve been doing lately has been pretty heavy, but I’ve just started Dave Goulson’s A Sting in the Tale. We …
I don’t seem to be able to language lately, but knitting goes on. Exhibit A (etc.): Cabled Fingerless Mitts for Cari . . . That’s actually Cari’s hand wearing the mitt, which just happens to match her mug with knitted cables on it. AND she’s knitting! In other words, this picture equals a …
If you haven’t read Kate Davies’ blog post today, I highly recommend it. The whole post is excellent, as always, but one detail blew me away. Kate is interviewing Mary Jane Mucklestone, and she asks if MJM has a favorite piece of historic Fair Isle knitting. MJM goes on to …
Talking sweaters today, not government.* Paul’s Checks & Balances sweater is off the needles! I wrote about the Good Fibrations yarn I used for this in an earlier post, and I simply cannot praise it enough. Knitting with it made me think back to one of the first sweaters I ever made. That sweater …
There’s a reason this blog is called Knit Potion. More often than not, knitting and, just as importantly, KNITTERS make things better. Thanks to today’s post over at Yards of Happiness, I now know about #knitterspayitforward. What a wonderful community we have. I’m not sure how I’ll be participating yet, but …
Look at this great photo from 1914! It’s from a new book called People Knitting: A Century of Photographs, by Barbara Levine. I can hardly wait!! It will be released on October 4th. My birthday! 🙂
This poor person. Don’t you know exactly how he feels? Maybe we could at least meet him at Simon’s and commiserate over a cup of coffee. Lucky girlfriend, huh?
I’m trying to live deliberately these days. There’s so much to be swept up in. I know you know what I mean. World things, family things, living life things . . . It can be overwhelming. I’m looking for solid ground. Knitting is solid ground. I’m slowly making progress on the sleeves of …
