There’s Nothing Better

“There is nothing better than a nifty sweater” (I quite agree!) Unlessss… It’s 10 inches of snow on Christmas Day… In North Carolina! I hope your holidays were wonderful, filled with rest, love, and laughter. Have a VERY HAPPY New year. See you soon!

Ocean Blue

I love knits with meaningful associations or a good story and I sense that this knit will quickly become an old favorite for this as much as for it’s wear-ability. I love this knit for so many reasons. For the yarn, with it’s memories of the last MDSW I attended, driving up with a dear [...]

Does this thing still work?

It’s been so long I didn’t even remember how to add links or photos! Lucky I live with a wiz ;) I’ll be back. No, really, I will. Possibly sporadically, but that’s what feed readers are for, yes? This knit-in-progress was actually finished weeks ago and has been worn consistently since then, so it deserves [...]

Discounderworld & Why I love the internets

Disco Screenshot! Photo by Bianca Gonzalez Because somehow I’m doing creative things that I simply wouldn’t be doing if I hadn’t discovered the online knitting community, and if Tad hadn’t encouraged me to start a blog of my own. Because of the amazing friends in different states and countries that I’ve made and never would [...]

What do you value in a yarn store? (opinions, please)

I have a friend who is thinking seriously about setting up a yarn shop locally and is doing her initial research and putting out feelers to see how feasible it may be, and having had conversations with some store owners who are doing ok even in the current economy, it seems like under the right [...]

Full Life/Full of Life

Or, reasons Twitter seems the only online activity I’ve been able to keep up with lately! Traveling – NO, MDSW, Boone (no pics, lots of rain, some hiking, exceptionally relaxing), and Ocracoke. All these have made for very happy times, but very full schedules when we have been home. And now we are planning for [...]