Great Towering Textiles

From the weekend, progress only: This triangular shaping is not suited to my "how far have I gone and how much have I left to do" ...

Made a pair of these last year and gave them away. Made notes about what I'd do differently for myself. Thought I'd give it a go. ...

Finished the last of the bits. Now to sew.

Doing Creative Stuff Elizabeth over at SABLE discussed some of the issues she faces in placing a design on a path for publication and knitt...

I gave the daily writing effort a good go for me, especially since I don't have computer access at home. I was never worried about the ...

(migraine) (finished the noro striped scarf) (can't play) (turn off the light, it's too loud)

Now I did do some cooking this weekend. I made a crockpot of ratatouille. Used up some leftover kale and mushroom saute in a midsized past...

I love a good cliche. From more southern climes than here: "just too mean to live" as a description of a particularly nasty excu...

Posting regularly has been a mighty fine exercise. I intend to be sticking with it as best I can. Thanksgiving holiday weekend might prove...

I started here earlier today. I finished here. Le Slouch! Stretchy yarn, mercifully, as that seems a small band! (How bad is the French? I...

Sometimes you just need to knit and tune out. These 1 x 1 ribbed scarves in yarns with long color changes have been hitting the internet zon...

But mostly I'm tired. This is how old I am: Last year or the year before someone passed around a link on the knittyboard in which you c...

It's interesting to be in a city that relies so heavily on automobiles. Houston is not a particularly pedestrian zone, or at least I...

doesn't mean the knitting is a slouch.... That would be Le Slouch, if you please. Ms. Wendy B. has it right: put a french article on it...

I can't write much. I have to pack for a trip. I give you a photo of a sock in progress. The yarn is Trekking - suitable name for a tr...

Not to my projects, at the moment. I seem to be starting several things while giving a nod to the ongoing projects. Plowed straight into a...

That old quilt was definitely a history of reuse. I had come back from a summer of camp in Maine and knew for the next summer I wanted an e...

Do you think a person can be too thrifty? This quilt, which now lives within another piece of thrift, has layers of history. Pictured is a g...

There's the weather. We've had the loveliest stretch of autumn. I remembered to slow down the other morning for a few minutes and e...

It's cold enough to wear a good knit sweater. I pulled out the sweater I'd been dreading to wear: I'd wrecked it. At least, I...