Venezia Redux

Ok, so yes, I AM short on knitting content these days, and yes, I’m taking an entire post to point you to another blog. But seriously, you need to go check out what Maud did with Venezia if you haven’t already. I didn’t think it was possible to improve on Eunny’s gorgeous design, but she [...]

THANKS (and a little more mumbo-jumbo)

You all are amazing! Thank you so much for your donations, kind words, and well-wishes for our 3Day walk. After 3 years of doing this event, I have often been overwhelmed by the generousity and well wishes of acquaintances and strangers (really everyone who donates, but most especially those people that I don’t know well [...]

The Breast Cancer 3Day

Looking for knitting content? This is a strictly philanthropic post, and it’s pretty personal. Please feel free to pass on by, I won’t be at all offended. ****************************************************************** THE STORY: Every year for the last 3 (this will be the fourth) Tad and I and a bunch of other crazy people have gathered for an [...]

New Books

What is that book at the bottom of the pile – Could it be? I had started to doubt it’s existence! With all the amazing new knitting books coming out in the last year or two I have a list as long as my arm of those books that I’d like to add to my [...]

Mel uses power tools (Rar!!)

Actually, Tad did all the work to expand our vegetable bed while I was knitting (and, might I add, he did a bang up job with the design!). But I did get to have a little bit of fun too. Go check it out and see what we did!!

Admininstrative mumbo-jumbo (and YARN!)

First off, I wanted to say thank you for all your kind words and comments about my MagKnits project. And that doesn’t count as administrative mumbo-jumbo, that’s just a heartfelt thanks. This is my first pattern, so there are bound to be hiccups; I’m doing my best to make it as good as it can [...]