Just received this delightful group photo from the equally delightful Tom. Its all the critters and weirdos and things and stuff that I have made him over the past year, and I am SO TAKEN with ...
Pick up the small kraft-paper wrapped parcel, simple and lovely and non-descript.Out the door and down the steps. Good morning, clematis!Through the back garden, past the roses.Through the gate, past...
Mr. Octopus has claimed the Pretty Shell + Big Mystery SEED that Thomas Gandey sent me for the Proud Nation of Octopia.But, whats this? AN INTERLOPER? Hes after your Stuff, Mr. Octopus! Uh oh...Oh de...
Imagine my shock and horror this morning as my long-standing suspicions were finally confirmed - I am both an extrovert and an optimist. Who knew?But there is no time to dwell on such disturbin...
A soft misty Sunday - pale and washed-out, slightly dreamy around the edges.I am wandering around mouldering stones and towering monuments. The scent of cedars in the damp. I chirp back at the chicak...
I had just wandered downstairs for my next cup of tea when my gaze fell on the packets of poppy seeds lying on the buffet. Next thing I knew I was out in the middle of my William Blake garden. Next t...
Each time I make a stitch my hands do it seemingly on their own - its a repetitive, hypnotic dance they know quite well.Come this July I will have been knitting only (only?) seven years - and in that...
The Woolly Anglerfish - seen here lurking in its native habitat at the bottom of the Yarny Ocean. It uses its festive Wonka-esque bobble to lure prey closer to its gaping, toothy maw.A fascinating an...
A couple of days ago I found myself in Ann Arbor, MI (again) on campus at the University of Michigan (again, again.)I was in town to visit the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History - as su...
Here it, erm, he, is - my first crocheted thing ever - and he is a WOOKIEE.And why not? Hes fuzzy and cute. He is also impeccably groomed - the timely arrival of hand cards from Shannon saw to that q...
While in London I made many pictures and notes - probably more than I ever have while abroad. Im not exactly sure why, but it is strangely difficult for me to show them here.Dont get me wrong - I had...
For a week I am a Londoner. It is incredibly easy for me to be here.I find the Jane-shaped gap in the street and slot myself in. The city begins to flow around me.Have I finally been accepted? Is the...
Well, I am back - to work, to life - for the first time in what feels like ages, but was actually less then two weeks. Ive actually been back for a handful of days now, the majority of which were spe...
I finished the massive (and extremely cozy) Gandeymitts last night. Theyre for Tom, of course. Now I just have to line them so I can send them on their way.Ill be releasing the pattern shortly - you ...
Ive got patterns coming out in all kinds of publications in the new year; as such Ive been doing a lot of sample knitting lately. While its nice to know that my work is going to be out there in some ...
A little something to make the inevitable transition into Winter that much nicer: Ive just released two new mitten patterns in as many days.The first is Thamesis, inspired by the River Thames him/her...
Because I love the colours. Because this one is going to be flying off before I know it - Chris Chelsea Hat:Because Chris loves Chelsea. Because making and giving and making happy makes me happy.
Ever get that feeling that youre being watched?You know - youre just going about your day, and everything seems fine......but theres this feeling that...somethings lurking just out of view - possibly...
There have been some especially fine types hanging around (ha) the DIA lately - I say hello to them whenever I am in.Like yesterday, for example. There they were, waiting for me, as cordial and jovia...
After years of searching - and then a several very intense months of coveting - I have finally acquired a Bog Oak spindle - and a very finely made one, too.Well ok, only the very top bit of the whorl...
Today I woke up to the lightest dusting of snow - so light, in fact, that the term "icing sugar" sprang to mind. It was quite pretty - and all the prettier since it is exactly the kind of sno...
Yes, an entire week later and I am still very much in the clutches of my three handsome English werewolves. It seems that, while I thought that I might make my escape more swiftly, they had other pla...
I am in high production mode today - polishing off the first of three handsome knitted werewolves. At present he is still very much a work in progress, but I am, erm, over the moon about how hes comi...
Hey, Nice People! Did you know that the pattern for my Persnickety mittens is currently FREE on Ravelry until tomorrow night? Yes, FREE - no tricks, treats or strings attached.Grab it while you can! ...
This is George. Hes a toad.He likes slugs, long hops on dark rainy nights, and...hanging about in peoples studios.George turned up in my studio late last July, just in time to help me bang out a new ...
This may be news to some of you, but to others not - in any event I will cut to the chase - yes, there is a book in the works. My own book, full of my own patterns, that you will be able to buy where...
Well, this years batch of bulbs has been planted - I even have the sore back (from improper bending) to prove it.The usual suspects are out in full force; weirdo tulips abound - odd blends, some fril...
Nice People, you may have noticed that I both love - and have - a lot of Things. Usually these Things call me from afar, tell me that they Need to come Live with me and then proceed to seduce me into...
Fresh from the back garden - this mornings pepper harvest.And now I shall return to a pursuit more celestial than earthly - for you, Nice People, I would knit the Moon.
In one of my past lives - before I took up knitting - I was an origami enthusiast. Origami was not only my habit and hobby of choice, it was something of a lifestyle. It kept my hands busy through th...
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