Great Towering Textiles

Yesterday's rude awakening included a yoga moment I which I may have found a new degree of old and out of shape. My face-up dog failed,...

Phew. I found the pattern in the right place. I had green wool, purchased in Maine years ago, for mittens, even. I DID record the needl...

I keep putting this scarf down and forgetting what row I was on. It's only a 12 row repeat, but I have not yet committed to to memory....

One month, three weeks, six days, and five minutes. And a beer. Evidently, I needed to shop for beer. Socks are finished. Ready to go ...

I like that email at the top of my mailbox today. It is about time to start the fall, whatever true seasonal calendars or temps may say...

When you are away from your kitchen for most of several weeks, going to the farmer's market feels like Christmas Morning. I might have ...

This airport has such presence of place. Traveling for work is what I have been up to. I have some knitting with me. However, I'm on...

The cat approves too. He hasn't seen a foot in a sock for months. Elizabethsable knit these for me from yarn I brought to camp for s...

Mailing out the quilt for machine quilting. Next, I think, last winter's holiday placemats. And maybe a skirt. Or pants.

Another quilt top quickly done. True, this is one of the ones which are for charity. But Baba was reported to hide the scissors on a Sunda...

I am determined to use up the remaining fabric for the backing. No one says you can't be determined while playing. Competitive?...

It's not news:  there is a lot of extreme unseasonable weather for this part of the summer.  Pick your place on a map:  it's either ...

Why does a flaw in the fabric surface after cutting and stitching. Why? On to the reverse manual. And on to piecing a section of t...

A Guilt Quilt - The blocks have been languishing for decades. Blocks are imperfect - fabric not all pure for quilt sources, and there...

Carting these off to thrift store. Mother had them out, did we want them before they left. I took them home for a fast look before they he...

Thirty+ years ago, this was an intended pillow. I think it was a gift for my mother. Saw it last Christmas, carefully stowed in a drawer...

In addition to the usual May end of term events, the past days saw the following activity, in no particular order: Office relocating - two...

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...