I did manage to finish one Pyroclastic sock but I don’t even remember when (it may have been up in Ashland recently). Such is the crazy whirlwind that my life has become. And I fear that I’ll suffer from single sock syndrome if I don’t start the second soon. There is also another heatwave looming [...]

I had some visitors in town recently – Ali, Max and Kelsi – and have therefore been unable to knit much. I promise some progress shots real soon. I thank you for your patience.

What you see pictured is my new classroom. It’s not much but it’s MINE – all MINE! Yes, folks. Tomorrow I start my new career as a high school photography, yearbook and “crafts” teacher. (Sorry – no pictures of the “crafts” room yet but trust me, it’s cool. WAY cool). I’m so excited. I can’t [...]

The Rebecca Shrug is officially dead. RIP. Frogged. Good God did I really start this thing over 18 months ago!?!?!? With high hopes too I might add. I’ll spare you the boring details but needless to say, it’s already been re-purposed. I LOVE when that happens! Read on… When Ali sent me a text requesting [...]

How appropriate that as I’m about to hit the road again, I began the Traveling Woman Shawl. Yesterday. Tomorrow I head to Ashland for a quickie trip to see Alice. The Traveling Woman Shawl, you may remember, was all the rage at the Ravelry meet up a few months ago so it seems fitting that [...]

I presented expectant mother Maggie, the finished baby layette one week ago but I confess that I have been slow to post the finished photos – for a variety of reasons. The jacket was inspired by one I saw on the blog of EarthChicKnits. I thought it was so cool that I immediately cast on [...]

Being at the Oakland Art Murmur last night reminded me of a photo I took last year, of “Bean” and also of an online Photoshop tutorial I recently came across. If you’re like me and you can’t afford a really long or a really fast lens, you can “fake” selective focus or shallow depth of [...]