well our lovely seaside weekend is over and now it’s monday morning—back to work for me. i’m staying with james and diana at their home in maryland for a few days between gigs. i need to finish up the last bits on my BNK book chapter today and work on a couple of other patterns […]

yesterday we had our youngest—and probably happiest—class participant ever. due to a scheduling glitch, marcus got to sit in on sweater fitness class. so we put a measuring tape in his hand to see what he would do. into his mouth it went, haha. normally, i experience a bit of trepidation when i see a […]

i don’t think i could even dream of a nicer classroom than this—isn’t it gorgeous? at any other time of the summer it’d probably be too hot to do this, but this weekend it’s perfect—cool breezes coming off the water right across from the front of the house, lovely filtered sun that completely negates the […]

yesterday i got up extra-early to catch a plane to baltimore, kicking off my 10-day teaching trip along the mid-atlantic coast.  the trip out by plane required first flying down to atlanta, then a layover, then flying back to baltimore—very roundabout, but ensuring lots of uninterrupted knitting time (that excited me so much, i didn’t […]