Like I suspect is true for a lot of knitters of a certain age, I learned to knit with metal needles. As far as I know, that’s pretty much what there was to knit with. My grandmothers and Mom and aunts all knitted with regular old Boye or Susan Bates needles, so I did too.… Continue reading Making Knitting Not Metal
The big news in my knitting world today is that I should get my first pattern email from Kate Davies Knitting Season tomorrow, and the first creativity exercise? assignment? this Sunday. So I’m pretty excited about that. In other news… Got the front (or bow) of my Schooner done and blocking! So hopefully tomorrow I… Continue reading Little of This, Little of That
I know I need to relax about this a bit, but other people in the Knitting Season pattern/creativity group are posting all these adorable pages with sketches of all the crafty things they want to create and make and I’m just over here like….. These dot grid pages are so pretty. I sure hate to… Continue reading My 4’33*
In thinking about what I want to do with my knitting this coming year, I have two separate and semi-conflicting general goals: to slow down and take a deep look at one or two areas of knitting, and also to knit like the wind so my various wardrobe wants are satisfied. For the focus part,… Continue reading Goal Setting: The Struggle is Real
Last year my DH got me two yarn-of-the-month club subscriptions, which I had requested. Partly because I wanted see if knowing that I would have moderate amounts of yarn coming in would stop me from buying other yarn. As it turned out, the answer to that question was “no”. So this year, he got me… Continue reading OT: Two for Tea
This Q&A is the first from Alissa at Headknits! My answers will be below. You can answer questions in the comments or post them to your blog. If you post them, please leave a comment so we can go read them! Do you set New Year’s Goals or Resolutions for yourself? Do you have any… Continue reading Year End/Crafty Q&A
I’m in just the third month of my Custom Fit subscription, which gives me two (2) personalized patterns a month for a year. All I have to do is knit up swatches of the yarn I am going to use for those sweaters or vests, and get in there and generate the patterns. Guess what?… Continue reading Who Swatches the Swatchmen?
Best wishes to everyone for a very Merry Christmas and/or winter celebration of your choice! I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with peace, joy, love and fun 🙂
The past couple of days have been a blur of random festiveness. And sometimes just randomness. Friday I took off – I had one last vacation day to burn, and it seemed like a good one to take. I think a lot of people in my department are off on Monday, so I thought I’d… Continue reading Random Festiveness
Quite A Yarn 