Dear Evenstar: We’ve been having such a lovely time together that I really feel obligated to offer you an explanation for my complete abandonment over the past few days. You’d think, after being so exclusively devoted to you, that I could wait a few measly days in between finishing your fifth clue and waiting for … More Sordid Confessions
Hidden among the hills and fields of central Massachusetts… Is a magical place for you and me. It is called WEBS. (I do not know why it is capitalized. I don’t think it stands for anything. Maybe because they have a big WEBSite.) WEBS is, I think, the biggest yarn store in the states. At … More Yarn Sale Gauntlet of Dooooooom!
How to wash a fleece, if you are me. 1. Lay out your nice fleece on your deck. A fleece, if properly shorn from the sheep, will come off in one big piece, which it will handily stay in until messed with. 2. Realize your deck is filthy. Sweep it. 3. Realize you have no … More My own worst enemy
Just to give you a little view of what last night’s crazy day of work. Can you spot anything unusual? Well, unusual for a normal person, I mean. Friday night, after we got our keys, we brought a few things in – one of them the suitcases with all my knitting books, sock yarn, and … More How we make ourselves at home
I cannot believe it! We are actually moved! Not only have we moved the big furniture, which I was crossing my fingers and hoping we would have moved by the end of the day today, but everything is moved; some furniture is actually assembled! I am stunned and thrilled to death. Our friends are totally … More Moving Lists
If you ever watch movies at all, you are probably familiar with the concept of the “teaser trailer.” These are advertisements for upcoming films whose releases are often over a year away. The spots are usually around ten to fifteen seconds long and provide no useful information about the movie, except possibly that it is … More Teaser
The evenstar mystery shawl has me on my knees in submission. What you see before you is clue 4. 24 rounds of a 4-round repeat. I could knock out a round – a 560 stitch round, as I will keep mentioning – in about 35 minutes by the end of the clue. Do the math … More Monogamy
Okay! Prizes are ready to be put in the mail today, so I took some pictures and away we go. First: Megan suggested Bombay Blaze for this guy, which is so catchy I had to use it. But I wanted to update it to the city’s current name, so I altered it slightly to Mumbai … More And the Winners Are…
Yes, what was missing from yesterday’s pictures was knitting. (And me, I guess, but I have the excuse of taking the pictures.) But don’t you worry; I’ll make up for that today. Pictures are smallified again because there are a LOT of them and this is a very long post! Day 2 of our Birthdaycation … More Eastern Shore Yarn Crawl
Labels printed, cut, and folded; I’m in the midst of attaching them to yarn. Cross your fingers; maybe I’ll finish tonight! On a totally different note, I’ve been wanting all week to tell you about our Birthdaycation! My husband in his prodigious wisdom, decided to take me away somewhere for peace and quiet to get … More Kent
Osborn Fiber Studio 