Knitter’s Dilemma

Abrazo has been properly wet-blocked on my blocking squares and as you can see, it’s a vast improvement. When I finished this Abrazo and wore it, I was faced with the dilemma that so many other handcrafters find themselves in, and that is that someone asked me to make one for her for payment.  Thankfully, [...]

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It came from the black lagoon…

No, actually, the yarn is Zephyr Wool-Silk 2/18 in black and it came from the deep dark reaches of the bottom of my stash. A couple of weeks ago, there I was, happily knitting Rose Diamonds when my thoughts kept returning to the Abrazo I’d made for my mother and gave her for the trip [...]

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Mom Loves Hugs

I finished Abrazo (Spanish for hug) at the eleventh-hour and was able to give it to my mother when I took her to the airport this morning.  At this writing, it is with her somewhere over England on the flight to Turkey.  She was delighted, and she gasped when she saw it, which I found [...]

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Progress…

Abrazo is suddenly coming along nicely and I’m on the home stretch.  Of course, part of my progress was helped by the fact that I stubbed my toe so hard on Wednesday that I seriously thought I broke it, and spent that afternoon and evening with the foot elevated, so I made use of the [...]

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Back To Reality

It’s hard to believe we’ve been back from Kaua’i for two weeks; I miss it.  Everywhere I looked there was something beautiful to marvel at and it’s a great place to kick back and just relax. The weather at home has been typical of a Pacific Northwest spring: cold, cloudy and rainy.  To ease back [...]

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