knitting kitchen

Yes, it looks like someone’s been to Ikea a few times.  But that’s not what this post is about.

I’m using this as a way of explaining why so little knitting got done.
We’ve lived in our house for about 4 years. When we moved in, we had our Select Comfort mattress already, but no bed. This [...]

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The dogs woke me up at a crazy-early hour. I have to go to work today, so I’ll pretend for the first half of the day that it’s not a weekend. I’ll be happier for it.
Knowing work loomed on my morning horizon, I’d stoked the coffee pot last night and tried to make being the [...]

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We’re back from our vacation in the Adirondacks and after an action-packed week at work, it seems as if we’d never left.

Mark and Abbey at the high jump, Lake Placid Olympic Center
My friend Teresa who makes crazy-beautiful things, asked me to knit a sweater for her to display some of her crewel work buttons. [...]

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You know how there are those people who have a new baby and all they can think about, all they can talk about, is the new baby? It’s a good thing for the survival of the species, I’m sure. I do work at a pediatric practice where it’s all babies, all the time, so I’m [...]

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for the delay in posting, but it’s really just my disposition as a slugbunny.
Despite a slight lull when Abbey was getting adjusted (she’s named after Abigail Adams), I’m still knitting.
I knit a few requisite dog sweaters

(Abbey weighs a full 4.5 pounds now
and Twilight Mitts for Alle’s birthday

to keep her hands from getting chapped [...]

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