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 …
It’s true. I’ve got a nasty stomach bug. This is my first time sitting upright since early Sunday morning and I don’t expect it to last long. You know you’re really sick when you can’t bring yourself to knit even …
Diego’s bloodwork came back completely normal (for the first time in a long time, actually). So the bleeding seems to have been a broken-off rotten tooth or something of the sort. He’ll have to go back in for another dental …
…clearly we were due for another visit. Let me begin by saying that Diego now seems to be mostly fine and is asleep on a comfy chair in my office, tucked under his favorite smelly dog blanket. I’m on a …
Because we hadn’t been to the vet’s office in almost two weeks… Read more »
Overheard on the way home this evening, 6th Ave and 54th: “If he keeps up this pace, he’ll be comma toast by tomorrow.” Sounds kinda tasty, actually. Comma toast. A healthy part of your grammatically correct breakfast.
The washing machine ate one of my feather and fan socks. Its first time through the washer and it came out all chewed up! I was going to show you a close-up of the hole, but its just too gory …
I’m in the home stretch on the romper, but I’m not sure I’m happy with it. Take a look: There isn’t enough of a top to knit the top in a solid color, I think. It looks off-balance. I’m also …