Feed: Cauliflower-Leek Cream Soup
Here’s the recipe for one of my favorite springtime soups. It’s inexact, ’cause that’s how I often roll. It’s all about taste, anyway, so play with it till it wows you. Vegetable or chicken stockHead of cauliflower2…
Tips and Tricks for Devious Knitters: Yarn Substitution
There is both an art and a science to yarn substitution, and whole classes have been taught about the subject (in fact, it’s something I address at some length in my upcoming lecture, “What Makes a Knitting…
Tips and Tricks for Devious Knitters: Shadow-Wrap Short Rows
Shadow-wrap short rows are my favorite way to make short rows. They have a few advantages over other short-row methods, especially for socks. I often have a hard time seeing the gap when using wrap-and-turn short rows.…
See You at Virtual Vogue Knitting Live!
I hope you’ll join me next week at Virtual Vogue Knitting Live, where I’ll be teaching you how to fix some common problems with your knitting and demonstrating some other fun techniques in two vendor sessions. All…
A New Adventure…
I can’t share many details just yet, but I’m kicking off a fiber-related Instagram event this Saturday and I think it’ll be a lot of fun. It’s called WoolWide Adventures, and I’d love for your to join…
Don’t Apologize for Your Real-Life Love
I was shopping for Valentine’s Day cards recently and noticed a disturbing trend. Yes, I was shopping for Valentine’s Day cards, and no, not in an ironic sense. I know it’s popular these days to proclaim to…
Taking Stock
When I posted the picture of my crab-and-corn chowder on Instagram last month, I promised a full write-up of the recipe and details. So here it is! On the advice of a friend I ordered some Alaskan…
Would Knit Be Fun?
Wouldn’t it be fun to hang out together and knit while we hear fun stories from interesting people? That’s the inspiration behind my video knitcast / virtual knit-in, Would Knit Be Fun. Every month I’m inviting someone…
Meet Wanderly
I’d like to introduce you to my newest sock pattern, Wanderly. Some people travel with a destination in mind, and others like to get outdoors and follow where the path leads. These sport-weight, unisex hiking socks are inspired…
What’s New
I’ve been up to quite a lot, knitting-wise, in the past month or so. Even though I haven’t been posting long-form, I’ve put most of these things up on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, so you many have…
