Anything over and done gets its day in the sun.
Sock science continues! I haven’t yet finished knitting up Cohort 2, all on a Panda base; 6 pairs done and 2 to go. But, thanks to the Wool n’ Spinning Breed Blend and Colour Study, I’ve already finished spinning the next batch. The base: 40% Oatmeal BFL, 40% Wensleydale, 20% Mohair.The artist: Meaghan of Bramble … More Socks for Science: Cohort 3 – Longwools
As expected and as usual, April was an absolute whirlwind. I’ll give you a wee taster. We celebrated four birthdays. Minimighty’s (massive Hogwarts-themed spread!): Mine (lemon cake for church): Dooner’s (Barbie themed party and cake she largely made herself): and Jared’s (angel food cake): There was much cake. As the weather warms up mid-April, the … More April 2025 Round-Up: Party Party Time
Oh dear, my ducks. Hang on to your butts. It’s been quite a couple of months. I just did not have the spoons at the end of February to round things up, and I still really don’t. But I’ll do my best to give you a sampling, because, selfishly, it’s so good for me when … More March + Feb 2025 Round-Up: Lent Downs and Ups
Time for me to once again share with you about a sweater I made, after wearing it for a month! Photo shoots are weirdly hard to coordinate, or hard to get motivated for, especially when it’s too cold to do them outside. So yesterday, while my dogs looked on at the beautiful sunshine outside… I … More Finishing Party: Fitton’s Dynamo
Two weeks ago, I did what the kids call a “stealth drop.” Knitty released the “surprise” addendum to their winter issue, and yours truly has a pattern in it! What actually happened was, I was in the middle of a week of teaching a full-time knitting class (which was awesome!) when the pattern dropped, so … More Incurvatus
This January has Januaried really hard. It’s been routinely -35, and between kids staying home from school for Reasons and the heat being broken in the car for a week, I haven’t been outside much. I’ve tried to keep expectations low and compassion high, and that has mostly worked. In our own tired way, we’re … More January 2025 Roundup: Uh, it’s January
Hi folks. It’s that time again, where I take some time to look back on my making this year. As I churn through one project after another, I don’t always appreciate the time and energy I’m expending, so this benchmark ends up being a huge exercise in appreciating myself, which is another form of self-compassion. … More 2024 in Review
When last I wrote one of these round-up entries, I was not in a great place. It’s been a tough fall in a few ways, and the darkness and isolation was hitting me in ways it hadn’t hit me in a long time, perhaps ever. Soon after I wrote, I decided to re-start the SSRI … More December 2024 Round Up: Celebration Diary
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you’ve had a splendid celebration. Don’t forget that it lasts twelve days! I refuse to take my tree down before Epiphany! I have one more finishing party left for 2024. I’ve been putting off taking pictures of this one, because winter (read: indoor) sweater pictures never turn … More Finishing Party: Handspun Jethro
It’s time for me to reveal the final results of a handspinning experiment that started right around three years ago, at the beginning of 2022. At that time, I started spinning for socks, intentionally and often. I played with colour, twist, and ply structure. Then, from June 2022 through February of 2023, I knit those … More Socks For Science: Results
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