Great Towering Textiles

I have to be away. I have a work event, another work-related event, and some company. It won't be ALL work and no play, but I just can...

Such a lovely phrase - petit pacquet - a gift from my fine Knitty SP7 secret pal. Beautiful chocolate. Will be holding off on this until M...

Still alternating socks in the little sock bag: Big knitting bag is sharing its knitting storage territory with a big ceramic bowl in my din...

There's the s-curve mistake on the cable. My niece was right. I'll let it go.

Actually, it's a double seed stitch - or double moss. Working back towards making myself a sort of traditional aran knit with the blue ...

Here I finished the huge fuzzy feet, all delightfully pink and maroon, and I went and sealed up the envelope Friday before I had a chance to...

Item One: The niece hat was a big hit. Imagine a huge pre-teen smile and multiple sets of huggy thank yous. She wore it the next day and t...

I haven't forgotten about this sweater. I have resumed beading. This is, however, a now & again knit. I have to be very deliberat...

Summer brings an odd assortment of knitting whims and a lot less computer time. Both are definably Good Things, Martha. Yesterday I dumped...

There has been sewing and knitting and not much blogging or photography. I'll be taking the camera home for a few days. We'll see ...

There's a paradox. Two greens that aren't green. One is a delectable deep brown indulgence of Green & Blacks dark chocolate wi...

I ate radishes for breakfast this morning. (That's it. Can't post more. Must finish a paper of sorts.)

I live excitement. Here are some photos of a weekend of Steel Penny. They are small for ease of loading, but you should be able to click t...

I'd hoarded this jar of Branston Pickle for too long, I decided, so I opened it up some weeks ago and have been enjoying it steadily. L...

So Thursday, when I kept myself away from all things work, I cheated on my socks. Stash yarns. Sale yarns. Lana Gatto Feelings. Pretty in...

June brings normalcy to my sleep patterns. I go to bed at decent hours and sleep well, getting up in the mornings to do the simple homefron...

One finished, two not. One Hedera, two Jaywalker. One without heel and gusset, two with. AND BESIDES which, I give you a view so far of the ...

I tried to carve out some me time this weekend. There was graduation, after all, so that sucks up a fair bit of time and energy. "Me ti...

Hedera is past the heel turn and onto the gusset. Enjoyable knit. Enjoyable yarn. The Jaywalker trudges along. Discovered (or discovered,...

I gathered up books to drop off at the library (overdue by a day), a couple of which were knitting books which I will check out again. Stil...