Great Towering Textiles

The hat has to be completely dry so I can mail it. But look! Done! PS. Thanks, Fujiyamamama, for the encouragement. I fixed tha...

Not bad for a five-winters old sock! I wore out the soles of both heels at once. The color has really been going. I am ready to toss t...

I was done with the hat. I washed it, to test my theory that a wash would add more slouch. It was good I washed it. Yes, it relaxed. Y...

Looking for yarn for a gift, I stumbled - if you can call looking at the highest box on the back corner of the upper shelf a stumble - upon ...

Done.

Sadly, I must report that I have lost one glove. Happily, I can proclaim that I am knitting a quick pair of gloves from stash. Miraculou...

In another cafe, but this time in Galesburg Illinois. I had to be out of town last night, so I am having a La De Dah day on my way home tod...

I have had a thing about hats most of my life. I love hats....on other people. My mother has a thing about hats. She doesn't like t...

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 ...