Twinknit

I did it!  And I’m only a little embarrassed to admit a) how long it took me to figure out and accomplish a simple crochet chain (and the sweater is only 10 inches long!) and b) how proud of myself I was when I finished (I may have done a little dance.  Maybe).
And you know […]

On Tuesday (Election Day), two good friends of mine gave birth to their very first baby.  This baby was, in many ways, a celebration in his own right (not to mention the rest of the celebrating that took place that day!), and for months now, I’ve been planning dozens of delicious handknits to wrap him […]

Continuing the FO parade…
In April, I finished two large projects. One: my dissertation (all 252 pages of it).

The other: my Tangled Yoke Cardigan.

Now I know I’m the gazzillionth person to finish this sweater (according to Ravelry, there are 816 people who have knit it. And that’s just on Ravelry). But I don’t […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about tradition lately (yep, this is the point when my dissertation and the knitting start to bleed together) — what makes something a tradition, the ways in which we practice traditional arts, and why we continue them when there are other (newer?) things we could be doing. Part of […]

Hmmm…. My blog seems to be cranky this morning and only loading when it feels like it.  Not sure what’s up with that (maybe it needs coffee?  I know I do!), but I’m working on it.  Thanks for your patience!

For all of us, there are times when we experience exponential growth — when we sleep in our own rooms for the first time as kids; when we learn to drive and have sudden freedom; leaving for college and gaining independence; first apartments, first jobs, first loves, first heartbreaks, marriages, kids, you get the point. […]

1. Non-drowsy cold medicines, of all varieties, make me feel high.  I used to think it was just Day-quil, but no.  It’s all non-drowsy meds.  Whatever it is they put in there to counteract the soporific qualities makes me absolutely dizzy-loopy.  It’s a challenge to knit on size 0 needles when you feel loopy.
2.  I’ve […]

Wow. That’s all I can say to the incredible response to my last post. Thank you all for your suggestions and advice. I decided to plug along and see if I liked the colors any better and if the southwestern feel of the mitten started to grow on me. And, well, it has. I’m still […]

Quick post — At home and in life, I use Firefox as my internet browser of choice.  But today, I’m visiting a friend and got to view my blog using internet explorer for the first time.  I noticed that my sidebar is stacked at the bottom, at the end of all the posts, and in […]