Today I have a very special announcement to make. About fifteen years ago, my mom taught me how to knit. I don’t remember much about the experience, but I do remember graduating from making a horrid yellow barbie scarf on one of those round things with pegs to having a finished sweater on my little … More K2tog
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!
So my Rivendell Smoke Ring in my very own gradiance yarn was clipping along nicely. (Forgive the crappy pictures. It’s early, I’m tired, and I’ve spent the last hour lying in bed trying to figure out how to build myself a swift out of K’Nex.) The second ball blended into the first beautifully, and my … More Cowl Fail
As you probably know by now, since I’ve been telling everyone five times a day, I’m hosting a Lenten Mystery Knit-Along in March and April. First of all, THANK YOU to all of you who have been telling your friends. Only a week and a half after it was announced eighteen people have already signed … More Lenten Knit-Along Spreads to Yarns Unlimited
With the shawl finished, socks giving me fits, and a bad case of pattern writer’s block, my fingers were itching last week. Itching in a very particular direction. After yesterday’s post, you know it was all completely over when Susan over at Sunflower Designs started her line of Lord of the Rings patterns last year. … More Experimenting in Gradiance
I am a great big geeky dweebhead nerd. I will not engage in the debate about the term “geek” vs. “nerd;” go argue about that elsewhere. No matter what you call it… when I get into something, I tend to get really into it. And I’m not talking about knitting – there is that, but … More Overlap
I don’t think I’ve written any reviews since I started blogging about yarn, let alone since I moved to this URL. But I just came home from finally seeing Dawn Treader, and my thoughts about it are burning a hole in my brain. So to prevent some sort of seizure, apparently I have to tell … More Reviews by Reb: Narnia 3 – Voyage of the Dawn Treader
It’s over a week into the new year, so you might suspect me of neglecting my monthly sock thing. Not so, friends, not so. Jared & I had a quiet new year’s eve at home, playing video games and snacking and watching no descending spheres. When we saw our clock tick past midnight, the first … More Happy New Ouch
After five months of on-again, off-again attention, “Bethany Getting Married” for my friend Bethany Joy is finally finished – surprise of surprises, before her May wedding! The magic of blocking did its work of transforming the ramen manta ray you saw in yesterday’s post into an airy triangle of glory. (I did thoroughly vacuum the … More A Joy Forever
Osborn Fiber Studio 