Great Towering Textiles

Quilting, cleaning, veggie CSA, catching up on old projects, whomping out new projects - these are part of my summer so far. This picnic ...

Finished is another Auntie gift, started last summer. . . Or was it the summer prior? Should have been done two summers ago, as that was th...

(Tried to post this on 17 February 2016.) This gift has been a slow race to the finish.  All the placemats are now shipped and receive...

It's no wonder the blog is so quiet.  Rare enough that I email a post - seems they weren't landing correctly.  (I only caught on to ...

Seriously will get this second batch done.

Seriously, this yarn is going to be used up. I bought a bunch of this Patons for something like a dollar at a ridiculous close out - prob...

Also ready for mailing! I sent a batch of these to a friend and her family some years ago, and they tackled the fulling-to-size. I vis...

How about that! I finished a pair of gloves for myself before Autumn turned certainly and completely around the corner into Winter.

One quilt basted: turns out this is a great purpose for very old thread no longer suited for actual sewing!

Nancy Bush certainly captured a good name for a sock pattern book. These socks have been all over the map. Wish I'd been knitting fast...

That's far too dramatic a film, Mr. Williams, but the phrase is appealing. I finished the knitting of this scarf (shawl?) at camp thi...

Hat is done!  And it's spring! The pattern is the Antler Hat from Tin Can Knits.  Yarn was birthday souvenir yarn from This is Knit in D...

The simple stories can be just as satisfying as the complex ones. Hope my near and long distance knitting friends are well! The knitting her...

Holiday gift done for 2015. It has been late for several holiday seasons, but these are done today. I started the holiday gift list f...

I confess.  I sometimes don't tell all my stories because I don't want to brag. I taught a class overseas in January.  I now have a ...

For a change, I am not scrambling for holidays, though I do want to get these in the mail. I am having a Day Off. I am finishing project...

So much happier making these pompons than I was using the Inox tool. Kitchen utensils are swell.

There are only a few days until Thanksgiving weekend.  I finished a pair of baby booties. i have more to knit.  Two family babies born this ...

I like the Baktus. I like the yarn - CTH Eat your Veggies....and some leftover greens....and the play on words. I dislike the curling. ...