The pattern for Cottage City Mitts is up and it’s free!
Also, the pattern for the Lagoon Pond Scarf is here for your enjoyment.
(a better picture will follow someday) This version contains corrections as of 8/28/09.
Both designs are knitted in the fine wools of the Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm.
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As mentioned previously, I cast this on 13 days ago. When Alisa saw it, she said, “What is that going to be?”
My reply, ” A giant *@;#$%& knitted circle!” Of couse! Doesn’t everyone want one?
Susie asked, “How do you wear a round shawl?”
Answer: Wear it? I thought you put it in a Rubbermaid container with [...]
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60 years ago yesterday, Nagasaki suffered the devastation wrought by an atomic bomb.
Hoping that history will never repeat itself in this instance, we took Jessica, Alle, and Olivia to Hyde Park on a visit to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelts’ home.
It was a wonderful day that opened the door to many interesting discussions about such [...]
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I did take a break from everything to do with anything waffles for a few days. I’d had my eye on a waffle cone iron online, but was showing unusual restraint. Then M found one at Target that he said needed to come home with us.
We used the recipe which came with the iron, substituting [...]
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After the Jackson 5, I was never a huge fan of MJ. These days, I feel as if I am the only one. M says the reason so many people are broken up about the latest turn of events in his story is that his death at age 50 forces them to realize that their [...]
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