Making the switch.

Today I got on the Addi Turbo Lace Bandwagon and transferred Bird’s Eye shawl to them. After reading others’ accounts of these new needles, I just had to try them. Mind you, the change did not come about easily, since after visiting more than one local yarn store and coming-up emptyhanded, I finally located [...]

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Experiencing Seattle

We went to the Seattle Center today, site of the 1962 World’s Fair, to take in the first day of the Folklife Festival and I captured this photo outside the Experience Music Project on my cell phone.
I don’t know the name of this sculpture, but every time I see it, I have to stop and [...]

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I’ve been bad.

While in Victoria I visited Beehive Wool Shop and came away with 6 skeins Phildar Phil Eponge (acrylic, nylon, cotton, and elasthanne blend) and 4 skeins Operà Le Fantasie (wool, polyamid, alpaca and acrylic blend).

Here’s the food haul from the Victoria Trip:

London Fruit & Herb Company’s Green Tea & Blackcurrant: I’m not a big [...]

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I’m back, but not empty-handed….

So I thought we were going to Vancouver, B.C., but we went to Victoria, B.C. instead because Highly Organized Husband had a short-circuit and announced two days before leaving that he’d forgotten (he’s the vacation planner) that we were to go to Victoria. It turns out our trip to Vancouver is a few months [...]

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Pleasant suprises!

It’s been a long, long wait for my copy of Heirloom Knitting but it finally arrived today! I had ordered it way back on March 27th when I also ordered Victorian Lace Today and Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs, and at that time Amazon.com had projected an early May delivery, and then that got [...]

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The spice organizer.

Here’s the thing: this spice organizer is a disappointment. I am not a big on housecleaning, so I try to avoid making messes whenever possible, but this organizer seems to make things messier.
Husband and I spotted something like this watching Food Network’s “Good Eats with Alton Brown” (a thoroughly entertaining and informative food program), and [...]

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Rib Knitted Shell

So, here’s my newest project, Rib Knitted Shell by Hajnalka Lovrekovich, from Cast On Magazine, February – April 2007 issue. It’s a simple project, knitted in one piece consisting of K2P2-rib starting at the bottom front, up and over the shoulders, down the back, with minimal shaping and sewn at the sides. [...]

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Finished: Ballband Dishcloth

Poor neglected Ballband! It’s finally finished! Isn’t that often the case? The project that’s the easiest and most straightforward gets neglected the most.
Twist & Lace is going at a decent rate and probably gets the most attention because it’s one of those “just let me finish this set (of reps) and then [...]

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The crafts keep coming.

In an effort to lighten the burden of belongings in preparation to down-size in living spaces, my mother has been unearthing family crafting projects ranging from those of my great-grandmothers to a few from my childhood. Tough work, deciding what to do with all those pieces of work lovingly made by industrious hands of [...]

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