Good Girl, Bad Girl

Here’s a pile of finished objects. What are they? Socks for Soldiers, that’s what. Where are they? Piling ever higher on a shelf near my computer. Where do they belong? On soldier heads and feet!
What’s the hold [...]

I Won! I Won! Thank You, Passioknits!

I must say, it’s rather sweet to be a winner. I think I like it. Many big thank you’s to Julie at Passioknits. She has a knitting podcast, in case you didn’t know it. After you read this post, go listen!

Can you tell I’m not used to winning contests? Last time I won anything, it [...]

Feeling Yarn Colors

Here’s a photo of the four Kidsilk Haze Nelly shawls bagged up and ready to block for Christmas 2006. I want to talk about how different each color felt while knitting.

I’m not talking the physical sensation of the yarn passing through my fingers so much as the emotional feel of each color. I [...]