Our wooly journey headed back towards Providence from the northwest, then back towards South County where we stay during our visits. On the way down we stopped at a random orchard, where we bought some crunchy early apples, And an ice cream place called “Awful Awful.” The milkshake was fine; I’m chalking the whole experience … More Yarnsplorations, cont.
There’s only so many times you can blame absent-mindedness on pregnancy. I’m going to find out exactly how many that is. I promised you the tale of our wool-related adventures in RI, then promptly got sidetracked by trying to get the last clue of the Pentecost KAL out the door. Then I got distracted by, … More Yarnsploration
Folks who know I knit can be quite perceptive at times. They know that having a baby on the way is pretty exciting for a knitter… especially one who really likes going SQUEEEE! at adorable small baby clothes. How can you not love this? Oh yes, I’m excited. (Also, DUH we’re finding out the gender. … More Knits for a Knitter’s Baby
As I’ve said before, some patterns are born full-formed from the mind; some are vague ideas that come to fruition after extensive research… and some are inherited. From yourself. Back when I first started knitting intensely, when I believed that there was never any need to buy anything but the cheapest available option of a … More Behind the Design: Ordinary Time
So… I kinda have writer’s block. Or blogger’s reluctance. Or… my life is only half baked anyway, so how am I supposed to write about SPIRITUAL things when I can’t even figure out what I’m having for dinner? I set out, about three weeks ago, to write about calling. In this series on the Holy Spirit, I … More On Calling
Rhode Island is the same sensory delight it always, and I have a yarn crawl report in the works for you, but yesterday brought breaking news. I only know what a Canadian Production Wheel is because a crew of ladies at Cloverhill Yarn Shop got obsessed with them. (And used only CPWs on their team for the MD … More Hold the Phone
So I made it! I’m done! … Actually, anticlimactically, I finished yesterday. In the car. On Ravelry I signed up for Team Hopelessly Overcommitted, and my main failure it seems was to hopelessly overcommit. That’s okay… maybe this is indicative of personal growth? The Puerperium Cardigan was finished just as we crossed into Rhode Island. … More Done and Done
Two days to go? Really? It’s time to seriously pour on the sauce, ladies and gents. At the moment, we are on the road to Rhode Island. I’m writing this blog post in Textedit on a serpentine road somewhere in northwest PA, hoping to assemble it online if we stop for lunch somewhere with free … More Sprinting
I haven’t been getting as much knitting done while watching the olympics as I’d like, because I keep getting distracted. Wikipedia is always open in a little window above the streaming live feed, as I look up different styles of wrestling, or the scoring systems for show jumping or archery or indoor cycling, or the … More Specialty Skills
Early Wednesday morning, I packed two new knitting projects. One was a super-simple, interminable project selected for a hospital stay. The other was a baby sweater. I wound the skeins on the way to the hospital. I would cast one of them on after a procedure that would occur at 8:45 a.m. On the way … More Meet Cyril(la)
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