Great Towering Textiles

Bus & train knitting: A hat for a nephew who requested these colors for a hat, in which I tackled the jogless jog. Sadly, I didn't ...

Working on a nephew hat. Conquered the jogless stripe. Lost a needle on knitting night.    Knit another one.    Started a sock for knittin...

Question was posed. I hedged the obligatory mid-age response that was creeping round the corner - the one about having become old but I...

Such adventures since I've been gone. I've gone to the theatre three times. I've been out dining 5 or 6 times in the past weeks...

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...