sunrise in the North Atlantic I’m back from the Caribbean. We took a cruise to the Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. It was my favorite vacation ever. I am well-rested, well-fed and even a little bit tan. And of course I fit in some knitting. A few cruise highlights: Drinking in Nassau at 10:30 […]
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A Different Kind of Charity Knitting
By now you all know I’m working on doing more knitting-related charity work this year. Colleen is running a knitting charity event of her own. If you haven’t seen it yet, she’s holding a raffle for Rosie’s Place — a sanctuary for poor and homeless women. The weather has become bitter cold here in the […]
Class: Latvian Wristers
I took a class on Latvian Wristers with Beth Brown Reinsel at Loop yesterday. I’ve never taken a knitting class before, and if it wasn’t for Liz suggesting we both take the class as a way to finally meet, I probably wouldn’t have. I’m so glad I did though — it was a great time. […]
Peaceful Knitting
As you all know, my big goal for my entire life this year is to be more reasonable in the expectations I set for myself. I’ve made a real effort to stay true to this one — so far so good — but what’s interesting is that I’ve found myself doing things and considering things […]
Working the Stash
I’ve made a big effort to be reasonable in my goals for this year — not just in knitting, but for my whole life in general. For several years I’ve told myself that I’ll clean the basement and organize it — a very lofty goal. Instead, this year I promised myself I’d deal with 10 […]
Year of the Sock?
I’ve had a really busy time at work lately. I had to scale back my normal 1.5-2 weeks off at Christmas to just a single day. The knitting time? Not so plentiful either. While I have lots of ideas for sweaters, I just don’t have the capacity for them now. But socks, they’re just my […]