Twinknit

I came so close to having two FOs in one day. And then, disaster struck. I knew it was coming, I was just in denial. I watched that skein of yarn get smaller and smaller, and the voice in the back of my head said “There isn’t enough. You’re going to run out.” And yet, […]

It is a glorious morning. A glorious morning to top a stack of glorious days. The sun is so bright, crisp and clean in the morning post-daylight savings… It almost makes up for the fact that it’s dark as pitch at 6:30 p.m. This morning it’s warm. It’s so warm I could take my FO […]

Dickenson County
This is the view as you come over Dante Mountain*, the mountain the separates Russell from Dickenson Counties. I drive over this mountain pretty often and every time I remark to myself, “God, that’s beautiful! One of these days, I’m gonna stop and take a picture.” But I never do. Today, as I drove […]

Still in Charlottesville… I can’t resist the call of the coffee shop. It’s so much nicer than working in my home-office (as nice as my home office is). And at home, no one wakes me up in the morning the way my dad wakes me up at home — “Jennie! The coffee’s […]

It’s been a while. A week ago, I left the mountains to go to my parents house for what was supposed to be a short trip to use the library. The short trip has been extended to a trip of indefinite length because I forgot how useful it is to have a library […]

Dear Coffee,
I don’t know what to do. I know you’re no good for me. My friends keep telling me you’re bad for me, that I can do better. Somedays, you’re there for me. You’re perfect — not bitter, but warm and energizing. But you’re inconsistent and don’t always treat me right. Too much of you […]

There are a few arenas in which, as a knitter, I am stubborn and persist in willfully ignorant idiocy. For example, I never swatch. Ever. It was only after a million pairs of socks that were slightly too big or slightly too small that I started measuring my gauge before I’d turned the heel and […]

When I woke up this morning, I felt snuffly and achey and knew that I needed tea. In order to make tea, I had to go out to the car to get the gallons of water I was too lazy to bring in yesterday. I stepped onto the porch and was greeted with frost — […]

One lonely sock
One lonely squirrel mitten (my first, by the way)
One more repeat of the budding lace chart before the blue blob gets to try K5tog
One attempt at a knit scarf (my first. I’ve never been a big fan of knitted scarves. I dislike that they aren’t reversible — even the beautiful patterns. I prefer […]

Better late than never, I joined Socktoberfest today. How could I not? I love knitting socks. I have considered recently just not worrying about knitting anything but socks (have you noticed that my output of late consists of many small things, made in twos?). I haven’t knit a sweater in ages and ages…
When […]