Okay - this one’s for the serious Milo fans…

…or the serious knitting content fans (”Look, ma!  Knitting!”).  I’m very lucky that none of our cats are terribly interested in playing with, eating, or otherwise molesting my knitting.  So here’s Milo, modeling the current status of the “Bee Fields” shawl.

And just because I’m geeky enough to […]

Over on Ravelry, some of our local entrepreneurs organized a Maryland “yarn party” - a mini-festival to give local dyers an opportunity to sell to local crafters.  Super idea.  So super, in fact, that the room rented for the inaugural event was too small for the hordes of people who showed up.  Despite being early, […]

Remember when I learned to spin? (Seriously - it’s okay if you don’t.) I have spun lots of fiber since. I have had people try my wheel, I’ve tried different techniques, I’ve skeined and stored yards and yards of handspun. I’ve even given some away.
What I hadn’t done yet is knit […]

Cici was kind enough to want to know what randomness I could come up with in eight easy bites.  Despite promising myself no memes, I realized I had several not-quite blog posts rambling around in my head, as well as some responses to stuff I had read, so I figured I’d come up with eight of […]

Like many Interweave Knits subscribers, I fell hard for Jared Flood’s Cobblestone sweater from the Fall issue. I flashed the photo at the husband, he approved (with a few suggested modifications to suit his own style and the intended use), I considered the stash for about a nanosecond and settled on some Beaverslide Dry […]

Frantically busy? Check.
Crossing as many fingers and toes as would still allow us to get on with normal human activities in order to mystically help the Red Sox? Check.
Hauling out sweaters with glee as the weather is finally chilly? Check.
Making more of them? Check.

Gratuitous cute cat photos featuring Milo in unlikely […]

Take Monday off and spend Monday evening at Woolwinders with Fiona Ellis, of course. She was as delightful this year as she was last year (and it was great fun to have her in a smaller group, outside the general melee of Stitches). This class was about Celtic knotwork patterns, a subject that has intrigued […]

Thursday evening: Milo gets his first fire in the fireplace. Fall is really here! (FINALLY.)

Friday: Wake up at six. Run around like an idiot. Drink coffee. Pack. Load car. On the road by just after eight. In Baltimore by ten (the first ten or so miles only […]

I’m just hoping yesterday’s mental peregrinations made sense to somebody.
Because I’m not completely heartless, I shall give you a long-awaited glimpse of that superstar of the animal kingdom, Monsieur Milo leChat. His covetous approach towards my Sea Silk stole was not a one-off, it appears. The current project, John’s “Cobblestone” sweater from the latest IK […]

There was a wee forest creature named Gordon.  He was a Woodin, and he was lost.  Somehow, he had come out of the deep forest and landed on a porch in the suburbs.  He tried to adapt, but sitting in a potted geranium wasn’t the same as climbing the high forest oaks.

Without another Woodin, he […]