Thursday

Hello, Knitting People! I hope everyone is doing okay out there. I’m grading end-of-term papers and getting ready for my trip to Texas. On the knitting front, I’m making slow progress on the border of the Travel Shawl. It was warm enough outside today to sit on the porch and …

Whatcha Lookin’ At?

  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 …

Hamster, Herron, Herring

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 …

Ewe have a delivery . . .

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 …

Texture

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 …

In The News

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, …

Summer Days

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 …

In the news . . .

Knitting on the 28thirty cardigan is moving happily forward. I need to take some pictures. Tomorrow. I promise. In the meantime, the news is full knitters doing interesting things. I absolutely love the idea of people on faraway northern islands sitting by the fire with a warm cup of tea …

This Shawl!

  Spring has come to the mountains! It was 85 degrees today, and the dogwoods are blooming. I need to take a picture of them to show you. They were blooming when we moved here two years ago, and it seemed like a good omen—first, because anything having to to do …

Drive By

This is just a quicky post because it’s been WAY too long. And I have pictures! It’s finally sunny enough outside to get some shots of the Honey Cowl . . .     This was a super fast, fun knit, and the yarn (the COLOR!) set off about a …