Great Towering Textiles

17. Family - past and present My dear cousin found this sweet little photo and shared it with me yesterday.

16. It is not always a curse to live in interesting times. This was on in the waiting room, I understand.

I had a rough day on Wednesday. It was hard to count good things during a countdown to a decade change. I worked hard. I got a bunch done...

I'll cut to the chase. It was a Holiday. I took it. I marked it. 11. Watched a rerun of the six hour series King while I knit. I am ...

9. I am very much at home in my city. And I enjoy being a traveler at home. I really like living in the Chicago area, for all its flaws. ...

I wasn't free for all of my Saturday, but I did get to treat myself to some good use of my time. 5. I had very wisely taken a few momen...

Three days in. Last things first: unsurprisingly, I should never have given myself this kind of challenge. Not my bag, neither the track-...

4. Woke up in time to hear NPR Weekend Edition's Scott Simon share a touching and remarkable tribute to the people of Tucson. Will try ...

So here's the thing: I got my first piece of AARP junk mail just before the New Year. Responses are mixed: a choreographer friend said ...

Happy New Year! I enjoyed a quiet and relaxed holiday break. I steered clear of obsessing about making ten million things - no Santa's ...

This got done. Exams are done. I'm wearing this without buttons. Done enough.

Need a copy of Interweave Knits Fall 2010? I find I've purchased two. In the spirit of the previous post, one needs to go.

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...