May I have some Chianti with my pride?

Man, oh man.  I just learned that I’ve been knitting twisted stitches for a year.  Can you believe that, Janet?  I couldn’t help but think of you when I learned this.  Not that you would knit this way, but because of your blog title.  Thanks to the wonders of Flickr, someone saw my knits and [...]

Designer pillow

The masses have spoken, and I am keeping the pillow’s design element.  Thank you so much for your input!  I did adopt a suggestion from Tania, something that had occurred to me but I thought I’d decided against, and that was to alternate between the remaining dark yarn and the new ball.  I rather like [...]

No Muppets were harmed*

Have you heard of this?  I read about it on Sandy’s blog and thought, ‘I can do this.’  I didn’t get terribly far, but here’s the beginning of a fun fur hat that I hope a child will enjoy wearing. C’mon, I bet you have some fun fur in your stash that needs bustin’ out!    [...]

What to do, what to do…

I started a new project with my first wheelspun yarn. It’s a pinwheel cushion out of Barbara Walker’s Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns.  But I have a dilemma.  When I spun this, I plied light roving with dark and it created a pretty balanced yarn overall.  Except for the very end, when I ran out [...]

The Year of Reduction

Edited to add:  A big THANKS and SHOUT OUT to Jen & La for honoring me and my little ‘ole blog with their Fresh Blood award!  Makes me wonder when Dracula is coming to visit….mmm…Dracula.  I may be alone in this, but if Gary Oldman came to your window dripping of dark night and the underworld, wouldn’t you be [...]

Turkey roaster tutorial

Hi everybody!  Happy 2007!  Whew, I’m glad to get back to work so I can rest!  We hosted seven family members on New Year’s Day for a late lunch (Amy Sedaris’ book came in handy – not only did I take the subtitle “Hospitality Under the Influence” quite literally (I cracked my first beer at [...]

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