My hubby and I have a little tradition that started our first Christmas together. I made him a hat. He loved it so passionately that the next Christmas I made him another one. By then he was knitting too, so he made me a hat. Every year, we have made each other hats for Christmas. … More Eight Cold Resistors
More wolves today! As Mom described in yesterday’s post, my little sis has been into wolves for a long time. She has also developed a blazing love for cats, and her own beloved Kirby-dog is about as un-wolfish as they can get. Basically, if you are a member of the animal kingdom, this kid is … More Seven Pairs of Wolfies
This is everybody’s favorite verse, I think. Eddie Izzard certainly thinks so. (a bit of swearing in that link, be aware of who’s in the room before you click.) FIIIIIIIIVE GOOOOOLD RIIIIIIINGS!!! Right? Anyway, today the rings are around heads, and have tops, because they are hats. And I’m celebrating with a free pattern, so … More Five More Hats!!!!
Explaining a tradition is like explaining a joke. You have to do it once in a while, for the uninitiated, but really, the explanation serves you more the next time you hear it and can laugh without having to discuss it. This twelve days of Christmas knitting is a little like that. I have loved … More Three Cousin Cowls
Christmas is in six days. You can start screaming now. This is about the size of the yarn pile that I had to start turning into things for the 25th. This isn’t the actual pile (that has been sort of evolving), but it’s fairly representative. I still have five hats, a pair of gloves, … More Distractions
My knitted journey through the Lord of the Rings has entered its second leg, and like the Fellowship, it is continuing at a rather sedate pace. Having read “Three Is Company,” it seems Tolkein was in no rush whatever to get his characters on their journey. Frodo, Sam, and Merry are on a backpacking pleasure tour … More Michel Delving
Two Christmases ago, I made my beloved husband a pair of felted slippers. He loved them with an enduring passion. They went on his feet every time he came home and it was even somewhat cold. They went in his knitting bag when he was on the go. My husband loves having warm feet, and … More Don’t Do This.
By popular request, here is my sermon from this morning, given at the 8:30 chapel service at Trinity School for Ministry. You’ll have to forgive the conversational style; this also served as my notes. The readings from this morning were Amos 9:1-10 and Matthew 23:13-26. * * * We’re going to be focusing on the … More Sermon: Cleaning the Beans
Remember this guy? I’ve had a bad habit lately of forgetting to blog about things until they are finished. I don’t want this blog to be all just like, “look at this cool thing I made!” That’s cool and all, but the majority of my time is spent on, well, unfinished stuff. Stuff in … More Every Inch of Purple
Happy new year, liturgists! Today is Advent 1, which means it’s the first day of the 2014 Christian year. Here we start remembering, celebrating, and participating in the story of Jesus all over again. To celebrate, I’m reducing the price of the Liturgical Year Pattern Series to $40. It began two years ago today; … More Seasonal Socks
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