I knitted for my friend, A scarf so manly, it’s not even soft. (Again, forethought in the face of great, discontinued yarn, found while on vacation. Really not a skill I’ve acquired.) This scarf and I came perilously close to major, major tragedy.  I was entranced by the pattern, Building Block scarves out of this … More On the Sixth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my friends, Earflap hats in Tigers colors! I am the baseball Uruk-Hai. My pastor’s family (wife and twin teenage boys) like the Tigers a LOT. Enough that when a shipment of Austermann Murano came into the shop, and one ball was white, blue, and yellow, I figured that they’d probably wear their … More On the Fifth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my pastor: A black angora scarf and hat. To be super-soft on all occasions and go with preistywear. Things I learned from this project: 1. 70% angora yarn sheds like a longhaired cat in spring with ringworm. Hopefully this will not be a problem for someone who has to wear all black … More On the Fourth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my mom, A big black moebius circular scarf. Pattern was out of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitting Around; it’s the moebius scarf, garter stitch with integrated i-cord edging. Yarn: Berroco’s Peruvia Quick, in, uh, black. Needles were size 11 I think. The perfect gift for my mom who has, sadly, fallen prey to a … More On the Third Day of Christmas

I knitted for my friend: Blueberry Chocolate socks! With marshmallows! I called these socks, which now belong to Fjord, the “cultured socks,” because long stretches of them were knit at a Bela Fleck concert and at a performance of the Screwtape letters. The Araucania Ranco Multi that they were knit with variegated beautifully. They are … More On the second day of Christmas

I knitted for my friend: A little baby purse of much cuteness! It is my own pattern, “The Practical Purse,” which is currently in testing phase, but will hopefully become my first paid pattern. A miniature version of the purse you’ve probably seen me toting everywhere I go, it includes side pockets and an inner … More On the first day of Christmas

So far, there looks to be about eight inches of snow on the ground, and the precipitation hasn’t let up one jot. We sat through Jared’s five attempts to beat a bally Zurg mission in Starcraft, not to mention three episodes of Lord Peter Whimsey, and the stuff is still fallin’ out of the sky at about … More Outside Help