Fiberworld 2020
I suppose this is all the more appropriate to share after yesterday’s post; in the wake of so many cancellations of fiber festivals and knitting events, there is a new event happening virtually August 19-23: Fiberworld 2020.…
It Tolls For Thee
I had been planning to write a post today about my upcoming classes at Fiberworld 2020, but after reading Cat Bordhi’s letter to us all, my spirits are low and I think I will leave that for…
10 Things I Learned From Knitting
1. Patience – Knitting anything takes a long time. In a world where I am used to instantaneous communication with friends on the other side of the world and same-day delivery of almost anything, it’s a good…
The Harvest Begins, and I Make Pear Butter
All my friends with vegetable gardens seem to be canning tomatoes or making zucchini bread or pickles. What I have at this time of year is an abundance of pears. The pear tree in our backyard is…
Tips & Tricks for Devious Knitters: Cables That Don’t Flare
Way long ago when I was just a baby knitter, I made a Down Under sweater for my oldest son. Here’s the sweater in question, modeled not by my older son, nor even my younger son, but…
Nary a Ball to be Wound
I tend to go in fits and spurts with things. When it’s time to start a new project, I want to start ALL the new projects. It was like that a couple of weeks ago, when I…
The Top Ten Things I Learned From the Pandemic
1) I am not in charge of the whole world and everything in it. I am only in charge of me. When I obsess over everything happening everywhere, I make myself CRAZY. 2) Getting outside makes me…
Tips & Tricks for Devious Knitters: Narrowing Socks-in-Progress
As you may be aware, I don’t particularly care for re-doing things in my knitting. So when a project is turning out to be, well, not quite what I had hoped, I will consider whether something can…
“What Makes You Devious?”
My teenaged son asked me that this afternoon as he was supervising my attempts to get reacquainted with WordPress. Frankly, it’s shorthand for lazy. I’m a pretty lazy knitter. There are things I don’t like to do,…
Snelloween Party Recipes
In honor of that time of year, here are a few favorites from Snelloweens past: Blood Orange Punch 2 parts whiskey2 parts sour mix3 parts orange soda Float ice cubes made of Hawaiian Punch in the punchbowl…
