Through force of will and self-control, I finally got myself to the point where pretty much all of my knitting projects are “work” projects. This seemed like a good way to make some serious headway on them. The end result? I’ve been spinning. I worked with the endless green project that was on my wheel, … More How to get me to spin
I didn’t quite stay up all night to finish In Dreams when I said I would, but I did the next morning. Not having the car last week, it took me a couple of days to get it to the new house, then to get around to blocking it, then to let it dry. But … More Dreams
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 … More The Story of a Cheap Knitter and a New Pattern
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, … More Liturgical Year Pattern Series Announced, & FAQ
The shawl of doom is blocking, the poncho of doom should be (but isn’t yet) blocking, and I’ve cast on two other things I can’t show you. So here’s a photo album from the other category of project in my life: gardening! The community garden, as a matter of fact, which thanks to excellent fertilization … More Proto-proto-proto-salad
I am so close I can smell it. I have been doggedly chipping away at the final clue of the “In Dreams” shawl, but as you might imagine, when I got to the beading rows, everything slowed to a crawl. To describe: the shawl is shaped like a semi-circle, starting in the center of the … More Endthis Shawl
I have been going crazy trying to knit a baby hat for a friend’s shower. Friends and I picked the yarn together, tittering to ourselves – they know it’s a girl, and they don’t mind pink, but they are pretty thoroughly egalitarian, so we thought it would be fun to pick the most gender-neutral baby … More The Hat that Would Not Be Knit
We got back around 4:30 this morning from the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2. I went as Hermione from Prizoner of Azkaban – pictured above are my “time turner” (an earring on two necklace chains), my “wand” (birch, 14″), and the stockinette I plugged away at through the movie. … More Harry, the Hallows, Love, and Life
So mornings do not seem to work for communal labor at this point, but we found a solution for working outside in July in the afternoon: the sprinkler. It makes us impossibly dirty and muddy, but also cool. After two efforts, we had a glorious little melon/squash patch. Canteloupe on one edge, watermelon on the … More Projects
I read/look at the photo-rific sustainable-farmy blog posts of fellow Marylander McKenzie whenever she posts them. She takes these scrummy pictures of wherever she’s working/whatever she’s eating that are transporting in their loveliness. So when I finally got around to making squash flower quesadillas the other night, I brought my camera with me. Every summer … More Summer Socks and Summer Squash
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