I feel amazingly energized. This has been one of those weeks when many, many good things happened, and I am very grateful! #1 FIVE Years It’s been 5 years since we were told that someone at Ger...
Well, it’s live. I’m committed. I’m asking folks for money, and that means I WILL have a book to produce for them! I’m KICKSTARTING History on Two Needles! It’s c...
YOU are an amazing resource – thank you all, each and every one of you! I loved reading the comments & emails you wrote on my last post. What? YOU can’t read the comments? Well, that’...
The winner of Kristin Omdahl’s Compliments Collection is Robin! She’s been notified via email, and she’s probably just now recovering from the joyful shock. That last part was tongu...
…but they’re not helpful. It seems that entities are always trying to divide folks – Red vs. Blue, Stay-at-home-Moms vs. Work-out-of-the-home-Moms, Mac vs PC, Pepsi vs Coke, Farmer ...
Using a VERY scientific process which involved paper, a bowl and two fingers, I have selected a winner of Knitting Everyday Finery. Zoe from Minneapolis (PURE coincidence, I had no idea she was nearb...
A book landed on my desk a few weeks ago and I thought it was absolutely lovely. It’s Knitting Everyday Finery: Practical Designs for Dressing Up in Little Ways, and it contains quite a few bea...
Mistakes happen. Every now and then before one of my classes gets going, or during a break, someone will bring up the eternal question, “Why are there mistakes in patterns?” And the answe...
Balance is elusive. For me, balance implies a certain skill in finding the important center of things, then working out from there – not allowing any one auxiliary part to extend or overweigh t...
Okay, you want something different? This is not terribly knitting related, but it may make you laugh. Here’s the video I recently made when I auditioned for Project Runway. Suffice to say, I di...
It seems I’m doomed to miss every other day of the Knit and Crochet Blog Week, but given the fact that I’ve been blogging an average of twice a month for a few months, this is quite a vic...
Well, I missed Day 1 of the Knitting & Crochet Blog Week, but here I am to participate fully in DAY 2! I used to publish a lot more photographs of my work in progress, but limits on energy and fe...
I’ve been dealing with a perfect convergence of deadlines over the past weeks, but one that loomed large was my $50 Groupon for Mixbook. FINALLY I got the kids baby pictures together, scanned t...
Atticus Those of you who know me know how much I love my dog. Atticus is the best dog I’ve ever known. He’s so smart, kind, gentle and easy. He’s very empathetic (he seems to sens...
I talked about my morning ritual of Oatmeal while I was teaching in Santa Clara, and the response was so positive I thought I’d do a brief tutorial on how I create my weekly breakfasts. 1. I co...
Once again I’ve been quiet, thank you for your patience! It’s for mostly great reasons – a lot of work! Suddenly I’m engaged in several designs, writing a few articles and ar...
In-Hotel Room Hair High-lighting It’s lovely in Orlando. Apparently it’s chilly here, but to me it feels just DANDY! My first evening here I engaged in my usual, I’m BORED hair lig...
Barbies Scale set permanently at 110 lbs (image by CarrieBee) A few years ago there was a Barbie doll who famously cried, “Math class is TOUGH!” as one of her pre-recorded soundbites. Mat...
I’m certain it’s been apparent to folks who read my blog or twitter/facebook feeds with any regularity that I’ve been struggling through a dry patch in my design work. The root of t...
Mary can handle herself. I am absolutely LOVING Downton Abbey. It’s not the plot line so much (which is interesting, sometimes predictable and sometimes just silly.) No, it’s the CLOTHES...
I’m sorry I’ve been so quiet. When weeks pass and I don’t post on my blog, I sometimes think, “Why do I even HAVE a blog…” Then someone writes me, tells me how mu...
It’s late. Incredibly late. It’s the day before the day before Christmas, 4 days into Hanukkah, and maybe you’ve forgotten a few dear friends because they’re just so much a ...
Romantic Hand Knits Cover Large retailers accused of stealing designs from independent artists and designers all the time, which doesn’t make me feel any better now that they’ve gone afte...
Buffalo Wool Hat & Namaste Bag Await Take Off Well, all I can say is that if you’re stuck in an airport, Little Rock is the one you want! Good lighting, comfy seats AND free wifi. Very ci...
It’s been a rough few weeks, the kind of month where so much bad stuff happens that it becomes a bit of a joke after a few days. Right now the joke is, “If it can break, it will. But we ...
I love this graphic, and wanted to share it. This has nothing to do with knitting, but it’s important to keep in mind. Especially now that the Supreme Court’s determined that Money = Free...
It’s Thanksgiving, and the time when gifts seem to be on everyone’s mind. Knitters, crocheters & crafters in general can be difficult to buy for – we have strong feelings toward our ...
From the moment I arrived in San Francisco airport and the very kind driver from the Marriott San Mateo picked me (and a few other knitters) up, the Interweave Knitting Lab was a SENSATIONAL experien...
First the free. I’ve had a few designs in a UK magazine called The Knitter and I’m very impressed with the continuously high standard of design, editorial and photography that I find in i...
Most knitters I know, when queried by their family about possible holiday gifts, default to the simple fallback position; Gift Card. But gift cards, as useful in their one-size-fits-all-ness as cash ...
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