Great Towering Textiles

It really is the start of summer break if I'm sewing at my mother's dining table!

Basic math: Too much work + too little time = Busy. (Breakfast at home + two packed meals)x 7 days = Really want to eat dinner at home s...

See the vine that travels center, starting at bottom, curving to right and then left? See the curves on the lowest green section and the ...

Not sure the stripe will do. I can foresee changes in the yarn that won't mesh with this.

Do not know what possessed me. Had wrestled my way through the little bump of red wool from mittenfarce over a summer knitting camp weekend...

The blog is on the back burner. I've not lost interest - I do fear, however, that in terms of blog-years* I've neglected it as long...

Goodbye, Big Button.

Trying to be productive and focused. Knitting takes a back seat. (Okay. That was my break. Back to work.) (Note to the knitting: You'...

I had, this week, my fair share of Messages That Shall Not Be Ignored. No surprise to me, I subsequently finished this massive loop scarf an...

This day has Good coffee, Playing pantomime games with third graders, Leftover lunch from lovely dinner with friends yesterday, Lovely dinne...

Past: I didn't catch up on posting holiday knitting pictures. Captured a couple for Ravelry. I knit some unassuming and manly hats for...

This weekend I have been shifting into the New Year. Nothing unexpected in it. Tidying and regrouping. Preparing and resting. Well, not s...

My little corner has been a busy one. Had the fun of welcoming my little family of mother, sister, kids for the Christmas weekend. Enjoyed...

How'd I go this long without trying entrelac? Same thing goes for spaghetti squash, which I tackled for the first time this fall. The s...

Hardly ever happens: I am in a holiday making mode. Early December usually finds me worn, frazzled and behind. Since I am not entirely wo...

I planned to cook. Then I started this hat, following an in-store pattern, picked up with this yarn. Turned out the pattern was a recipe.  ...

Here's to a December which includes some textile fun!

A friend of mine makes adorable little finger puppets and sells them on Etsy. She makes custom orders as well. Adorable. Sh! She doesn...