Ode to Joyette

Here I am again, returned for a time from that mysterious world where blogging doesn’t occur called Life. I have a few finished objects to report on, but one step at a time. Most recently off the needles is Joyette and, as it’s name suggests, it was a joy to knit. I needed a small [...]

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Hear that cracking sound?

That was the sound of my Western Washington amphibian-like skin cracking in the heat of the southern California sun over the weekend. Ahh, that felt nice…. I’m back home today, but I was in LA for an extended weekend for a cousin’s wedding. I felt sorry for the souls I’d left behind back home, drowning [...]

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Latest Activity

Knitting:  Wandering the Moor shawl Yarn:  Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine. Had to unwind the pull-skein I’d made of it and ball it up because it kept getting tangled. eBay Purchase: I think I got a bigger kick knowing that it came from a small town practically at the northernmost tip of Scotland. Movie:  Pirates of [...]

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Juicy Red Melon

Despite my frequent bouts with blogger’s-block I’ve been hard at work finishing projects that have been hanging-on longer than they should.  In fact, I’ve been quite the monogamous knitter of late and it’s paying-off.  I present Red Melon using Melon Pattern from Victorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby. I started Red Melon at the end [...]

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Comfort for a friend.

During my days of blogging silence I have stayed in the craft, and I have a friend who’s adult child died unexpectedly.  As irony would have it, this is the same friend who so admired my black Abrazo over the summer. I had planned to make a shawl for her closer to Christmas, but with [...]

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My knitting world is shrinking.

I was recently surprised when I opened my email to find a message from Hilltop Yarn East announcing the closing of its doors on June 27.  With the closing of this store, the only dedicated Eastside yarn stores I know of are Cultured Purls in Issaquah (which oddly doesn’t show up on Google Maps on [...]

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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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Diamonds In The Rough

Finding it hard to resist starting a new project, I’ve launched Frost Diamonds by Stefanie Japel.  Using Dream In Color Classy in Gothic Rose, I’ve dubbed the project Rose Diamonds. One week into it, it’s progressing rapidly.  What’s not to like about a fast-moving project? Lest you think I’ve started yet another project in purple, [...]

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Tokyu Wisp

Tokyu Wisp is done and I’m relieved! The stitch pattern is easy, but slow going, making it rather tedious after a while. Even so, it makes a pretty scarf. Details Pattern: Wisp by Cheryl Niamath Yarn: acrylic, mohair blend from Tokyu Hands, Tokyo, Japan Needles: 5.0 mm / US 8 Finishing two projects in a [...]

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