Great Towering Textiles

I love the fact that the terminology for binding off has historically included casting off.  I am also probably writing the 838th blog post ...

When you find a mess, do you need the backstory? Do you share the story? Do you hunt it down with questions? Why? Who did it? I just loo...

Done. This is a particularly odd section of the back. But done! Binding done! Where's the UPS? This sucker is outta here!

Binding cut, stitched and pressed. No bias was used this time, as the fabric had a perfect stretch of on-grain already built into the left...

- In the microwave - Cleaning up past weeks of fabric paint and dye activity - Very old yarn - Used up the leftover koolaid from the p...

Thanks, Elizabeth! We have this great big cold hallway at work. If I leave my office to go to class, I have to go to the next building...

You know you've been knitting socks for awhile when you look at the sock you are putting on and realize you cannot recall the name of th...

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...