knitting kitchen

Last year after Christmas, my husband, three daughters and I all agreed that in 2007, we would make every holiday gift we gave.  We’ve had eleven months to plan ahead. I’ve seen how the ‘year-long’ projects go for school, so I’ve been bracing myself for the flurry of creativity to hit any minute.
I’ve opened up [...]

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I read a very touching post about a blogger’s sister who found out (at age 13) that she would be dying. She took to making crafts, turning “herself into a craft machine.”  I’m not planning to go anywhere any time soon, but I can’t seem to stop. I really don’t know what’s driving me to [...]

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Last weekend, I began a sweater for Mark. It was based on a vintage pattern I have for a shawl collar cardigan. I am using different yarn, which knits at a different gauge, and I am making a different size than the pattern accounts for. I think this is when you say, “I am making [...]

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Unless you have a full-time job. Then rainy days are for wishing you could nap at your desk, and for plotting your snacking opportunities, and maybe for a little bit of blog catch up.

I finished the kool-aid baby socks, using the yarn left over from the Stansfield socks. Baby socks are quick and amusing, sort [...]

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I’m still trying to get the red duplicate stitch lines in my argyle socks to be in the right place. I’ve sewn them in and ripped them out four times so far. I think I’ve found the magic approach, but I became so tired of the whole thing that I needed some easy sock knitting.
In [...]

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