The Long Spin

I have been working on the same spinning project for over two years now. It all started with this grand plan, associated with the Lothlorien cape designed by Susan Pandorf. I loved the gradient the sample was made in, but I did not want to pay out the nose for the yarn suggested. (Over two … More The Long Spin

Golden Bronze

  If you’re in this family, right now bronze is a WAY cooler color than gold. Every single hockey team from the Eastern Hemisphere goes into the Olympics with one aspiration: the bronze medal. The US and Canada, having a huge pool of people and a nationwide obsession, respectively, invest way more into their national … More Golden Bronze

Commentated Coverage

Our Olympics so far has been really fun, if a little bit obsessive. Our heroic (and expensive) attempt to get TV signal through our computer was a complete failure, but the live replay of full events has mostly fed my winter-sports-watching needs. (Though technical hiccups in both the phone app and the website are enough … More Commentated Coverage

Red and White

I have always loved the Olympics. I am not a big watcher of sports in general, but something about the collection of a WHOLE BUNCH of different events, some of them really bizarre that you can only watch at this time, all at the same time, with participants from all around the world, I find … More Red and White

Clearer than Clear Water

“Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling! Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling. Down along under Hill, shining in the sunlight, Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight, There my pretty lady is, River-woman’s daughter, Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water. Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing Comes hopping home … More Clearer than Clear Water

The Next Big Thing

So I feel a little weird sharing this. It’s not the average, normal citizen who keeps a spreadsheet in her Google Drive aligning chapters in fictional books with favorite yarns, but, well, you know I’m not exactly a normal person. (Whatever that means.) And I’ve been looking forward to this for a really long time, saved and … More The Next Big Thing

Just Exactly

I love plying. Well, okay, maybe I don’t actually love plying that much. It’s tedious and fussy, and I find myself frequently racked with self-doubt about things like consistency, relative angles, and twists per inch. (We will ignore the fact that these anxieties would be easily remedied by actually taking a class, or sampling.) But … More Just Exactly