Great Towering Textiles

Elfine Socks are done. The cuffs look a little floppy here, but that's really because I haven't bothered to block the socks for pho...

I have taken on a Ravelry double-dare. Mission Possible and Stash Down 2008. Flashing Stash at Knitty was fun. Entering it on Ravelry was ...

I finished the scarf for my niece, as I mentioned. I've also spent a chunk of time for the past few days facing up to some truths about ...

While I worked on the cold, I finished these: Yesterday I finished the niece scarf. I'm almost finished with the cold.

I enjoyed my own peaceable private version of a lost weekend: I had a cold, so I lived in pyjamas most of the weekend. I barely left my d...

On or near the Thanksgiving break I had knit this scarf for myself. Over the December portion of this break I whipped up one for a friend, a...

1. I would like to bake something, as that used to be something I did of a holiday. 2. I would like to get the oil changed in the car, as ...

I am sick of grading. I must take breaks to be more fair-minded. I have a crazy case of startitis lurking in the wings. I started nibbling ...

I'd taken these progress photos during my brief stint of daily blog posting. At the time, I actually had a statement to make. Some of i...

I might finish that shawl within the week. It's getting close enough to the end of the yarn that I'm obsessing. I can see the end...

I zipped out a shrug for my niece. Big talk earlier: I did tentative swatching but finally and only started yesterday morning. I'm of...

Yes, that half month of daily posting was all well and good. Clearly the maxims about needing to do something for 30 days to establish a ha...

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...