good knitting, good looking, good eats

Posted on 44 CommentsPosted in designing, food and garden, lace/shawls, projects

i put these nasturtiums in around the bottom of the bee balm pretty late in the season (sometime in july), but they are blooming, yay. i don’t have many sunny places for them to grow, but this spot is perfect; they took right off, once i got them in the dirt. i cut the bee […]

luciole

Posted on 33 CommentsPosted in patterns

summer is the wonderful season for fireflies and fun, when thoughts of fall and winter are far, far from my mind. yet soon enough, autumn will be here with chilly air to chase the lightening bugs toward next year. time then, for knitting a cozy little shawlette to bridge one season’s passing into another—a wash […]

proud member of the knit nation

Posted on 42 CommentsPosted in book reviews/events

on thursday morning we gathered for the start of actual the knit nation event. for most of us, that meant classes in all areas of knitting, from traditional methods, to specific skill areas, to garment constructions. i took several photos of my classes but found later that in jostling my camera around in my purse, […]

a jolly good gig

Posted on 38 CommentsPosted in book reviews/events

can i start by saying how much i missed blogging while i was away? after all our careful planning, with david spending an inordinate amount of time figuring out how i could put together posts with photos on my iPad, i was crushed to find out that i couldn’t even log onto wifi with the […]