Knitting, knitting, blogging [er... more knitting]

The 2nd sweater is coming along nicely, the tech editing pile is slowly diminishing, and I spent too much time last night and this morning tinkering with this blog, but I’m still in the learning curve, and having a blast, figuring out what I can do with it.
As I was sitting in front of the [...]

Either a lightbulb or a “duh!” …

whatever you choose to call it (a moment of enlightenment, perhaps?), I needed to cast on just over 100 stitches this morning, and there was a high likelihood of being interrupted in the process, as someone was on the other side of the kitchen, making coffee.
I grabbed a small bit of yarn left over from [...]

Be careful what you wish for …

you might get it! When we adopted the 2 resident felines from the vet’s office in 2004 (I didn’t realize it had been that long!), I was hoping for at least 1 occasional lapcat. It’s been a long wait. Last night, when I had planned to work on finishing a Cotton Fleece vest that’s been [...]

Outside … but inside is warmer!

We’re getting another batch (actually batches, as it’s coming in waves) of winter stuff - as with the previous storm, I’m glad it’s coming down already frozen, instead of the liquid stuff that freezes on the trees & wires, though I’d really rather pass on it altogether. I shoveled a path across the terrace earlier, [...]

Inside looking out …

It looks pretty nice outside right now, but it’s deceptive, as the wind is definitely strong and chilly. A snow squall moved across the St. Louis area this morning, causing whiteout conditions for 10-15 minutes, but it stayed north of us. I still need to go out after a while and fill the bird [...]

Good news/bad news …

The good news is 2 designs accepted for publication – the sort-of-bad news is that they’re both due just under a month from now. As you can imagine, there’s some pretty steady knitting going on here, and the socks are on the proverbial back burner again. Fortunately the yarn for one of the sweaters showed [...]

To Save Time

… take time to check your gauge. As a technical editor, I’ve inserted that text into knitting patterns an uncountable number of times, but does that mean that I always do it? I’m sure you can guess the answer to that question!
This time, it wasn’t the stitch gauge that turned around and bit me, it [...]

Food, Fiber and Friends, oh my!

The Ozarks Foothills Spinners <and others> had our annual “Beat the Winter Blahs” get-together today, and for once, the weather cooperated. It was windy and a little chilly, but considering that a couple of years ago most of us chickened out because of winter yuck, this wasn’t so bad.
We had lots of food [this is [...]