in which cashmere quells anxiety

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the noble mustard greens enjoy fresh coat of snow. last year we ate garden greens into january. so, i guess you all liked that shawl, eh? hahahaha! thank you for all of those wonderful comments—they mean a lot to me. i unpinned it this morning, and i twirled around a bit in it (before tripping […]

soaring

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raven is off the needles but was almost immediately grounded . . . not for long though—as soon as it is dry we will get some modeling shots. and while it is pinned down, i am soaring. it’s beautiful. the patterns look lovely next to each other and the textures are defined the length worked […]

blackbird wingin’ in the dead of night

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it’s true; i cannot put this project down. i had to make myself go to bed at 3am today but only because i had to get up and teach classes this morning. really, i thought the edging would be the death of me, but, it turns out, i’m enthralled with it. i have never loved […]

more than half . . . less than one

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let’s open with a shot of the fabric’s wrong side . . . mmm, now that’s sexy. as promised, i took the shawl off the needles first thing this morning to do a little photo shoot. normally i like to be surprised at the end of a project, so i refrain from this type of […]