I’m furiously trying to finish this little baby jacket before the big baby shower next Saturday. I made the same jacket, from the pattern Easy Baby Cardigan, for another baby not too long ago. This time I’ve added the hood and it’s for a girl. I know it’s not the color we normally associate with [...]

Today I helped my little sister, Liz, felt her first slippers and I felt so proud. Honestly, I had so much fun that it revived my excitement in felting. Liz got it into her brain to make slippers for several members of her boyfriend’s family but I don’t think she realized what she had gotten [...]

I so enjoyed knitting the koolhaas hat for a friend, that I decided to make one for myself. It wasn’t the pattern that bowled me over so much as the fiber. Malabrigo twist is probably the most luscious fiber I’ve used in a long time. I rushed right out to Article Pract in Oakland and [...]

There are a couple a new things here. First of all the pattern. It’s the Moss Grid Hand Towel from Mason Dixon Knitting. I’ve never attempted a hand towel before. Srsly.  But I happened to see a hand towel that my neighbor made and it inspired me. Plus, I’m knitting this particular hand towel in [...]

I’m feeling so overwhelmed by the start of school that I completely forgot to blog yesterday. Instead I attended the first football game of the season. I did manage to start a new project recently of which I’m giving you a sneak peak. The fiber is yummy Malabrigo which feels like cashmere. So wonderfully and [...]

I’m up in Portland, Oregon visiting old friends and haunts and I had the chance to drop in on the Sock Summit yesterday. What a thrill! I bumped into one knitting celebrity, Anne Hanson of Knitspot, at the Verb for Keeping Warm booth but I was too shy to get her photo. She was most [...]

It seems like just yesterday when I was lugging this blanket around and knitting rows and rows and rows of garter stitch. But it’s been finished for over two years now. Today I adore it but I couldn’t believe it when I saw this little error the other day. OMG – I must have inadvertently [...]

This vest is a beautiful design from Jared Flood aka Brooklyntweed which I started in January 2009 and haven’t touched in months. <sigh> I don’t know why I thought a purple vest was a good idea – I already have one!

Here’s a project that I’m ambivalent about. Should I try and figure out where I left off or frog the entire piece?  The original pattern called for two balls of Misti Alpaca Hand Paint  but I’m on my third and I fear I’ll need a fourth. So with all this yardage, I’m afraid that I’ll be [...]