The Hook and I

Cascade 220 Swatch Originally uploaded by plainsight.

Amy Swenson has asked me to do a couple of designs for her upcoming felting book. This blurry swatch (taken on the camera phone because I can upload instantly from phone to flickr via text message) is a bit of Cascade . . . → Read More: Swatch for Felting

The city-sponsored monthly newspaper, The Takoma Park Newsletter featured an article about Knitting at Savory–my local stitching group that meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month. There’s a nice story including pictures of one of my students, Anya, and fellow knit-blogger, Hannah!

You can see a PDF of the article here. Just scroll down to page . . . → Read More: More Local Knitting Coverage

We’ve been having Seattle weather here in Maryland, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s made me realize how much that climate and the beautiful surroundings became a part of me the eight years we lived there. I was walking back from taking Jay to the park, and it literally was misting. I felt rejuvenated, soaking it . . . → Read More: One Misty Moisty Morning…

I decided to pick up and start working the sleeves of the cardi–since I wasn’t sure whether or not the sweater was long enough, I did the Knit2tog bind off. So if I decided I wanted to make it longer, I could easily pick up where I left off… Laziness and not being able to find . . . → Read More: Where’s the Magic?

I’ve had a few comments in the questions lately, so I thought I’d devote a post to answers…

Leah asked where I got my Yak Pak–I bought it from Now and Then, the store where I teach in Takoma Park, MD… It looks like they’re pretty easily found online.

MK asked about knitting “both ways,” which I’ve also . . . → Read More: Q&A…

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I know, I never blog progress shots. I’d love to do it more often ’cause it would mean I was making stuff for myself! Finaly, here’s one I can show. I’m making myself a little cardigan from the Malabrigo yarn I got at . . . → Read More: One Skein…

Marie Connelly, owner ofStitch DC gave a little preview of fall yarns at Design Within Reach in Bethesda, MD this weekend. One of the knitters there, Eva, was anti-purl. She knits everything, in both directions. She was a fascinating woman, who rides sled-dogs in search and rescue operations. She had just visited Alaska to do . . . → Read More: Knit2Tog Bind Off

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I first met Carol Ventura in a class at TNNA in January. I learned the basics of Tapestry Crochet–which is crocheted colorwork, and I also got to talk a lot to Carol about her work. She’s a prolific designer creating beautiful baskets, . . . → Read More: Book Review: More Tapestry Crochet

Grandma’s Bed Slippers Originally uploaded by plainsight.

They look a little elfin, don’t they… Well at least you can’t see how badly my legs need shaving or how badly my feet need a pedicure!Grandma Jean had her 90th birthday on August 9th, and the whole family gathered in . . . → Read More: Grandma’s Bed Slippers

Whatever Originally uploaded by plainsight.

Before the kids came around, my friend Joanne and I would collaborate to make elaborate Chirstmas presents for family and friends… We’d make exotic preserves, sew mitered cornered cocktail napkins, invent unusual polar fleece hats, dip candles, etc. We called our workshop “Whatever . . . → Read More: Whatever Works