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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]