Sometimes a project comes out exactly as written/pictured/anticipated and sometimes it doesn’t come out that way at all. Today I have examples of both. The Sideways Grande Hat (rav link) from the book Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin is an example of the former. A splendidly simple yet original, well-written and easy-to-follow knit here modeled [...]

As I was waiting for the bus on the corner of Alberta and NE 15th Street the other day, I encountered this friendly, helpful and colorful young man. Sensing a glorious opportunity, I just had to bust out my camera and Johnny didn’t seem to mind one bit. I asked him where he picked up [...]

Except for Alice’s eggs every morning I very rarely cook anymore. It takes away from my knitting time quite frankly. But occasionally I’ll try a new recipe, especially if it involves polenta like this one. It turned out quite good even if I didn’t have enough spinach. Highly recommended. Try it. I think you’ll like [...]

This was in the Oregonian today. Here’s the contents of the paragraph pointing to the sweater: “Althea Crome of Indiana knit a starry sweater and teensy striped five-finger gloves for Coraline. Crome knits with needles not much thicker than a human hair. It takes her anywhere from six weeks to design and knit her conceptual [...]

Despite my current obsession with all things orange, I haven’t lost my love for the color gray (grey?). I started the Sideways Grande Hat (Ravelry link) from the book Boutique Knits and I’m hoping and praying that I have enough of this [discontinued] Knit Picks Panache to finish it. I have just under three balls [...]

Socks just finished. There are two of them. I swear!

I’m not a photogenic person. As a matter of fact I’ve been told I’m better looking in person and I believe that’s true. But sometimes there just isn’t anyone around to model and since I’ve been wearing this cowl almost non-stop since I finished it, the most likely to model was me! Note to self: [...]

It’s snowing again as I type this but during a recent spring-like break in the weather, I asked Patricia to throw the sweaters on her two dogs so I could play around with video. Max is the dachsund and Minnie is the Schnauzer and both sweaters were handmade by Patricia herself. Do you enjoy watching [...]

The first time I went to the house of Liz, a good friend and knitting buddy that I met at the Wednesday Night Knitting group, I was bowled over by the baskets of handknit kitties that greeted me as I walked through the front door. The “origami” kitties as Liz called them were made by [...]