I’ve been knitting my very first hand-knitted sock. My cat broke the yarn at one place in the main section of the foot. I joined yarn and continued, hoping it wouldn’t leave too thick of a spot. I continued on, and was currently working on the toe decreases. I was putting the knitting away at […]
To DYE For!
Easter is an odd time for grown-up atheists. When I was a child, I wholeheartedly embraced the belief that rabbits pooped brightly colored eggs sometime around the same time as crocuses were shooting through the snow cover. Now, I was not raised in any religious tradition, unless you think non-belief somehow counts as a religion […]
Mmmmm…
Remember this? I decided to get it off my spools, so I Navajo plied it the other day and made a mini-skein with it:
What do you do when you’re not spending money?
Three weeks ago, I joined The Compact, which is a commitment not to buy any new products for a year. Well, I can’t quite commit to a year. Seriously– it’s just not in me to do anything for a whole year. But for 100 days? Sure– and if I’m going to develop a good habit, […]
Yarn Harlot: Muggles….
From Yarn Harlot: Freakin’ muggles: You’re probably going to see this all over the knit-blog-o-sphere, and that’s exactly the way it should be, so astonishing is this story. What follows is a copy of a letter that I received from Blue Moon Fiber Arts, home of Socks That Rock, the revered and esteemed handpainted sock […]