Anything over and done gets its day in the sun.
The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, In all its insanity and majesty and incredible sensory overload, was this past weekend. I have survived those days – the frantic impulse shopping, getting over the heartburn of self-doubt and fear of buyer’s remorse, having eaten nothing but fried potato products all day until about 7 p.m., sunburn … More All’s Fair in Sheep and Wool
I guess I must not be challenging myself very much if I finished April/May’s socks on May 3rd. But I’m sticking with my previous line – I really don’t need any extra commitment at this moment, so I’m not going to push it. The reason I blasted through these socks is that I’ve bee practicing … More Flaming Yarn
If you haven’t figured it out yet (from my repeating it incessantly), the MD Sheep & Wool festival is a huge opportunity for mum & me at OFS. Thus, it seemed only right and proper to celebrate with a couple of new patterns, which are debuting this week in honor of Sheep & Wool. If … More Little Hat & Long Sweater
Back at the end of January, before we were all sick to death of snow and cold, when we were still in the starry brightness of the season of Epiphany, my very own Drama of Scripture scarf came off the blocking wires. Jared & I took it out for a photo shoot. I had no … More Easter Joy
We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog post series to bring you an update on another blog post series – that is, my self-imposed sock club knitting through Nancy Bush’s Folk Socks. If you’re just tuning into this wobsite, I’ve been at this since last June, knitting a pair a month in no particular order, and … More March Mischeif
I rarely leave the house without something knitted on my person, and every now and then this will elicit a comment from someone like “When are you going to make me one of those?” The “someone” in question is usually someone I don’t know very well, possibly an older jokester-type-dude who is probably someone’s uncle. … More Cleverness
I’ve not had a chance to tell you that after my miserable failure to make a gradiance yarn for the Rivendell Smoke Ring, I found a way to rescue that project from the gutter. The middle skein out of five was pooling terribly, and since the ring was of a fixed circumference, there wasn’t a … More Cowl Succeed
It was a very near thing. The postman didn’t come before we had to go to school, and there was a maddening moment when his truck drove by when we were two blocks from our house. We were on foot, or there might have been a chase. But the precious package greeted me when we … More The Nearly-Midnight Oil
Daniel and Joel, two well-baked babes in their mommy-made hats. (The title reference is for their dad.) The goals for our five days away were more or less accomplished. Infants were cuddled. A toddler was coralled. Basic cleaning was completed. Lots of lactation cookies were baked or frozen. And hopefully, a couple of hard-working people … More Baby, Baby, Hold Together
I will be absent from the blogosphere for the next few days, for many reasons, but mostly to ensure the safe delivery of four tiny mittens to their new owners: Have a nice week!
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