I came across this incredible photo on Facebook. It was shot by Arnie Draiman, and he was nice enough to give me permission to share it here. This is an Israel Defense Forces soldier knitting on the 74 bus on derech hevron heading towards har homa in Jerusalem. Arnie …
Did you know that the Oxford Junior Dictionary no longer includes the words hamster, heron, herring, kingfisher, lark, leopard, lobster, magpie, minnow, mussel, newt, otter, ox, oyster and panther? The Guardian and The New Yorker both published articles about this in January, but I was apparently doing something other than reading …
Calligraphy è finito! It’s not a well-knit sweater because I’m a goof and didn’t swatch. I could try to defend the not swatching by explaining how I got gauge to the millimeter with the last swatch I did, and the sweater ended up way too big. I think that in that …
Hola, knitters! Just checking in to say a quick hello and share a little knit love. If you’re looking for an interesting read, I highly recommend this post over at kariebookish.net. Karie’s blog is new to me. I’m not even sure how I ended up there, but it looks like it’s …
A while back (10 years ago?) a friend of a friend who knows people who know things predicted that Twitter would end up bigger than all the other social media platforms put together. It sounded like crazy talk at the time. And, no, it hasn’t happened yet, but WHOA! Twitter …
So I’m tempted to wait to publish this post until I have knitting pics to share. CeCe is sooooo close. Like it’s possible I might even finish it today and get to start Calligraphy close. But there’s a lot on the schedule for this afternoon, and I know how I am, …
Barefoot Rooster posted this in January 2010. I think I’ve probably mentioned before that every now and then I find a blog I like well enough that I go back and read it from the beginning. I did this with Jean Miles, and Franklin Habit, and Crochet with Raymond, and right now, I’m …
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 …
We’ve been having some crazy weather over the last couple of days—nonstop rain and lots of wind and lightening. We lost power last night, so I got to knit by candlelight. I actually have a headlamp for precisely this kind of situation, but the batteries were dead, so candles it …
I can’t begin to say how much I love this. The artist is Chiara Bautista. I’ve tried to find a way to contact her to ask for permission to post her artwork here, but I haven’t been able to locate an email address, mailing address, or anything else. There’s a …
