I’ve mentioned it in passing, beating around the bush, but now that December is here, there’s no escaping it: Christmas is coming. If you are under the age of yuletide responsibility, these words are probably accompanied by joy and cheer! But adults hear the sounding of a death knell as they realize they still haven’t [...]
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My first paper of the semester is due on Tuesday, and due to a series of social plans for things I actually want to do, tonight is my only chance to put any real time into writing it. Any hope I might have of an academic career is seriously called into question by the fact [...] You might think I was done introducing new things this week, but you would be quite wrong. Mum has two more new colors we’d like to share with you. Blue Spruce seems an appropriate color as it gets colder. The deciduous sisters are bursting into their glorious color, but soon they will be bare, and the [...] It’s happened! October is finally here, and with it all the exciting things that fall entails. We’ve been working hard this week to bring some exciting projects to a close, and as so often happens in life, it made sense to have them all due today. Don’t ask me why I do this to myself. The [...] The first sample of Christmas mittens is finished, and I thought you might like a look at the glory contained therein. So here’s a sneak preview of “The Holly and the Ivy,” due out 12/25. The Ivy’s on the top; the Holly’s on the bottom. Cute, eh? I’m tickled pink with how they turned out. These are [...] I had a little challenge two weeks ago – a commission to make an “interesting” baby hat for a little girl. I couldn’t make any of the texture ideas I had work out with the three colors my client (customer? collaborator? patron? victim?) chose, so I made a mostly plain hat with some textured bands [...] It only took: A month of designing A month of knitting Two months of test knitting and A month of copy editing and endless tweaking To produce the Stole Sweater pattern, which is finally up for sale. It’s probably the most complicated and involved garment pattern I’ve produced – not because it’s that difficult to make, but because I wanted [...] You know how sometimes you find that perfect pair of jeans, or that perfect corderoy jacket, or that sublime top that is just perfectly you, that you wear all the time until it has holes in indecent places or until it is literally falling apart at the seams? I knit a tank top like that once. It [...] Announcement, Announcement, Announcement! I’ve hinted, I’ve planned, I’ve made promises, and now it’s time to make it official. Starting in Advent 2011 is the first-ever Osborn Fiber Studio pattern series, and it’s based on the Liturgical Year. What’s the Liturgical Year? It’s the traditional Christian calendar. You’ve heard of the Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and other [...] Happy almost-Pentecost! This Sunday we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the newborn church, fifty days after the Resurrection. The Easter season is coming to a close, and we enter into the second half of the liturgical calendar, in which we focus on growth and walking in the way [...] |
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