There’s been no lag time between socks these days and progress on my most recent pair has been swift. A friend recently reminded me about Knitty.com and it was there that I found a sock pattern worthy of the super soft, yummy yellow Malabrigo sock I purchased at K2Tog a few months ago. BTW: K2Tog [...]

I was able to finish the Noro socks while I was in Bloomington for Max and Nell’s graduation from Indiana University. The photo above is an homage to the Hot Date Socks which I think are spectacular and hope to replicate some day (the photo too which I also love). The photo below is a [...]

Even though I only live about 20 miles from San Francisco, I rarely visit the city and it can seem like another world. A far off land. Especially when it’s the annual Bay to Breakers which I accidentally encountered last Sunday on one of my rare trips to the city. As I waited for Nancy [...]

Now in 400 yards!

I have noticed that when I make scarves, my cast on edge (on the right) is usually a lot tighter than my cast off edge (on the left). Does anyone else have this problem? This is not the first time it’s happened. I try to cast on really loose, often using both needles for the [...]

The best part about Chicago was, of course, the Art Institute. What a collection! I couldn’t believe the paintings that I was actually seeing up close and in person. Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Latrec, Hopper, Magritte…to name just a few. And throughout the museum were school children, on field trips, being exposed to this magnificent artwork [...]

I had the distinct honor of watching my son and his girlfriend, Nell, graduate from Indiana University yesterday. What a thrill! The speaker was Quincy Jones who received his 14th honorary doctorate degree. The venue was immense as you can see here. Today I was pampered and spoiled for Mother’s Day, even being treated to [...]

I’m taking off for the friendly skies tonight, at midnight, and I’ll be gone for a week. I will try to post from the road, can’t promise, but you can be sure I’ll be knitting where ever I am.

It’s late and I’ve had a very long day but I wanted to post my latest project which I started a few days ago. It’s the Twin-Leaf Scarf from the most recent issue of Vogue Knitting. This issue is just chock full of lacy, leafy projects and I’m really enjoying this scarf. First time ever [...]