I’ve been taking advantage of bits of free time, here and there, to indulge the knitting bug! Just finished this project this morning. The pattern is the Marsan Watchcap, which is my favorite Go To pattern for dudes. The yarn is Dream in Color Classy in Midnight Derby. (Note: I find the large size to [...]

It is the first week of April and 3 of my four resolutions are intact. Care to guess which one is a distant memory? Of course, the one about no new yarn purchases. I lasted a few months and then… the sales got the better of me. What’s still standing? Get Rid of Cable – [...]

In the weeks leading to the New Year, I spent a lot of time thinking about changes I want to make. I decided that it was time to do something about my vices. Get Rid of Cable I watch WAY too much TV and I will save well over $100/month by switching to an internet [...]

The yarnies out there will likely know that this past weekend was The NYS Sheep & Wool Festival, known simply in knitting & fiber circles as Rhinebeck. (The festival is held yearly in Rhinebeck, NY.)  I didn’t attend and yet… I managed to get some serious goodies as a result of the weekend. How did [...]

Please welcome Laura Murphy of Wilde Thyme as my next guest blogger! Laura is a mixed-media artist who agreed to share her thoughts on freeform fiber art, painting and contrasting/comparing them. (When I finally win the lottery and can run away to start up my knitting lounge, I will approach her to commission something fabulous for the walls!)

That’s right. MORE YARN. I played hooky this afternoon–with the Boss Man’s permission–to make the 45 minute trek to Mount Dora, FL. The LYS there–the Knit & Needle Nook–is closing their doors this weekend in anticipation of opening a new location elsewhere. (They are still looking for a new storefront after their first choice fell [...]

I have a few confessions to make. 1:  Sometimes I like Project Candy. I am constantly surrounded by knitters much more accomplished than I and I feel a bit of pressure to work on beautiful and impressively complex projects. When I choose very simple projects, I feel like a kid sneaking Twinkies behind my mom’s [...]

I don’t need to go to a YA meeting. Really. I don’t have a problem. I can stop anytime I want. Now that I’ve got that out of the way, behold my recent acquisitions! The lovely and generous Supa Cindy sent me a surprise skein of Alpaca with a Twist Socrates in Navi’s Blue. I [...]