I think the common thought around here right now, and for the past several weeks is ‘worn out’. Stress over things not being here, not being done, and the like have taken their toll. I can’t tell you how many projects are on the needles except to say that I’ve started new ones whenever problems [...]

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Lately I’ve been wanting small simple projects on the needles. Projects that aren’t dependent on specific measurements since mine are getting smaller, hence the stack of small shawls with interesting construction. This one is maybe one of the more clever ones. It’s Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Pi Shawl, but I chose to only knit half a pi(e) [...]

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When Veera Välimäki of the blog ‘100% rain‘ first posted photos of her finished Blackcurrant shawl, I was smitten. Then when she posted her second iteration of the shawl in a pesto colorway, I knew I had to cast on. I’d had three different yarns sitting on a shelf together for awhile, that I had [...]

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{contracts; late night reading} {employee of the month; contemplating finding him another employee to dump some of that time consuming lounging work onto} {ooo! such pretty colors} {fuzz butt} So close! It’s been an anxious and exciting few months.

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