The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I’m a bit past the halfway mark and…it’s brilliant. Frighteningly good. The kind of book that half the time makes me insanely proud to be a novelist and inspires me to write and …
The only thing powerful enough to distract me from the endless sock knitting Read more »
The River Rapids socks are finished. They’re my new favorite socks. Don’t let the title alarm you–the socks are quite soft. (They’re Koigu, after all.) The colorway (Koigu KPPPM #P315L) reminds me of river stones. I couldn’t manage to take …
…and a seriously distorted tattoo. Here you can see what the tattoo used to look like, before Thumper’s renovations. Not just the wings, but the entire dragonfly has stretched out. (I guess I should have expected that.) It’ll be interesting …
This is a great book. A really great book. I love it. And somehow I’ve managed to own two copies. One more than any knitter needs, certainly. Anyone interested in swapping a brand new copy of Socks Socks Socks for…say…some …
1. It now takes me thirteen moves to get out of bed, assuming I’m starting from my left side. (I have to first roll to the right to get my feet on the floor.) Each move is accompanied by a …
Things that are true today…bearing in mind that it’s all subject to change tomorrow Read more »
One Eleanora legwarmer (okay…anklewarmer. It reaches mid-calf, which is, I believe, the most flattering length for a legwarmer) and one Child’s First Sock. One more of each to come.
It’s a gorgeous spring day today, and this morning I wanted to dress accordingly. For the most part, since the belly popped I’ve been living in maternity jeans and knit tops and my very favorite maternity camo pants while out …
As absolutely beautiful as the Eleanora Sock is, the pattern can’t be all things to all knitters, right? Okay. Revise that. As beautiful as the Eleanora Sock is, sometimes a knitter is led to make a yarn substitution based on …
Eleanora and I come to terms with our unique relationship Read more »
Exhibit A Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for having to share such carnage. What you are looking at is a partially eaten Crystal Palace 2mm bamboo dpn. It formerly belonged to a set of five needles. The remaining four are …
Apparently Cassie’s sock-casting-on frenzy has travelled a few subway stops to settle at my house. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sunrise Circle Jacket knitting monogamy. Though not yet entirely well, I am now well enough to knit again, and I’m nearly done …