Starting the new year off right (knitwise)

New Years eve, I cast on.

Hemlock Ring (needs no intro – I’m sure you could guess!). Color to match someone’s eyes.
New Years day, I cast on again. And have stolen a few hours here and there to continue on.
A fresh start on my Festjakke, now Festpulle (I’ve no idea if that’s an appropriate use of [...]

1.20.09

Inauguration Flickr Favorites (click for links to go to the individual photos)
Somehow, I think the poem got right to the heart of it all:
Some live by “Love thy neighbor as thy self.”
Others by first do no harm, or take no more than you need.
What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. [...]

AB’s Striped Mittens

Isn’t she incredible?
I had one of the best phone calls ever recently. Amazing what a little knitting can do. I only wish I had a recorder, but it’s on repeat in my brain, for the foreseeable future.
“Thank you for my mit-tens Aun-tie Mel. They’re my FAV-o-rite.” (Her enunciation slays me.)

AB and I picked this yarn [...]

Looking Back and Moving Forward

Wow. Another year. There are those that I’m sad to see go, and those on which I am quite ready to close the door and move on already. I’m not entirely sure about 2008 yet – I would say that I’m ambivalent about it, but that’s not really the case.
2008 was a year of big [...]