Great Towering Textiles

Help someone move and downsize. That will keep you out of the stores. A few years ago we were grateful recipients of donations of sewing su...

WYSIG. OMG. JK. What Yarn? Sale is Good. Off My Giftlist. Just Knitting. Don't ask. I'm tired. Had to stay up way too late on Sat...

Thanks again to Ms. Picnicknits for her lovely and generous offer of a pattern for a Knittyboard KAL. I sort of fell off the face of the k...

I went to California this summer for a conference. As is my new habit, I try to take a little time for some vacation time for myself. One ...

I finished my homework yesterday. Work portfolio. Big stuff, Maynard. Phew. I slept for 12 hours last night. Too many almost-allnighters l...

I'm swamped. I'm not knitting. I promise myself to be able to knit in November. I'm not rescheduling my haircut, the one I had ...

Second sock. Bus in Los Angeles. I took a series of photos which require story telling. Another day. After all, the world might implode if ...

Thanks for the kind words about the scarf glimpse I posted the other day. I am a bit over tired. Turns out I didn't knit this in the spr...

(Interesting greenish band. Must have been something about the phone camera and the shadow of the windowsill.... The original does not hav...

Following the shoemaker's successful recommendation, will knit hats and other smart knitwear in exchange for help. =========== Meanwhile...

Hi. Been knitting. Been walking. Been taking trains and buses and airplanes. Been doing some cooking of healthy things. Been losing weight...

I post late, but the count is valid. Memorial Day to Memorial Day, pics linked as available: Hats, 9 of them Socks, one pair Cardigan,...

Two months? Really? I guess I really have been focusing. The first month was just survival: head down, move forward. The second month inc...

This was a good time to be knitting only one thing. It was good to focus on the sock made to specs, a sock without a particular pattern. I ...

Honestly I will have knit three socks in the end. Twice round on the heel flap. Got to the turning and realized I'd done a slip knit sl...

Heel Flap.

Thanks for the patience and the boost yesterday. Truly had at least a bit of intention to find some laugh in the morning, but it probably l...

Honestly. In the space of less than two hours ... I have three usual transit options. They come in rapid fire succession compared to the t...

Except that I can't post pictures. Progress on the sock. Pics on Rav. Have taken to taking them on the phone while on the el - at times...

Here's the complex look of a SWATCH in a very busy colorway. Here's the point where I describe the picture that wasn't taken of ...