Great Towering Textiles

I am at the paper-sifting portion of my packing. There are the receipts I need, the programs I'll want, the fliers I may not need, the ...

Not this one. I packed knitting. I would like to wear my silly hat yet while traveling. Of course, I was working diligently on socks. Th...

In the spirit of cleaning things up ritualistically for the New Year, I will post the photos I took and didn't yet share. The blocking...

After last night's cozy and lively dinner party at the host home in the French countryside, today has been a gentle day of reading, knit...

Drive from the country into Paris today. Fair photos. Not a priority! Good knitting time on hostess socks. Had felt I was slipping behi...

Really. A middling cafe. A glorious cathedral. Seriously, nothing wrong with being here. A lovely way to begin an end to a year!

We had a bit of snow this morning. I rather enjoyed taking a walk from church to the home of friends for Christmas dinner. Unshoveled and ...

It is with casual disregard that I stay up late upon occasion to finish knits. Artsy temperament? Rebellion? La Vie Fixated, more like...

Finished! Blocking tomorrow and some better pictures next week, or at least I hope to do so.... Red, grey, brown. Knitting just for me...

Finished these late Tuesday night, complete with all two dozen ends woven in and a quick wet blocking.  The drying has not been quick, as...

I have knit nearly five glove bodies to reach these final two. There has been resizing, midsection lengthening, and stripe adding. Remai...

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...