Is it just me, or has April raced away without even stopping to say hello? There are so many things I’ve meant to do this month, and they are still not done: short stories I need to finish, proposals I need to draft, a synopsis that’s not quite right. When you’re faced with tasks that […]
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Scala
My puppy Dulcinea absolutely loves this Scala shawl. It’s the tempting tassels, of course. Mithril also likes the dangling ribbon yarn. He had fun helping me make it. So, yeah. I’ve worn this shawl maybe twice in two years. But that will change soon. I’m taking the shawl on vacation with me, where the furry […]
Fuzzy Valentine
It’s Valentine’s Day. So where’s my snow? I took Dulcinea to the dog park, and she kicked up great clouds of dust. I ought to know better, but I’m still shocked by how warm it is on the Front Range. Tiny shoots of crocus and Dutch Iris are springing up in my garden. (Don’t they […]
Garden of Rohan
When I’m not reading or writing fiction, or taking my dog for epic walks, I’m knitting. My knitting queue over at Ravelry is currently filled with unfinished objects, in part because Dulcinea is obsessed with yarn. It’s hard to knit when a Golden Retriever thinks you’re playing an interactive game. But now I have two […]
Holiday Knitting Marathon
With a convalescent puppy at home, I’ve been doing a lot of knitting. I can’t write much or read fiction, since I need to keep one eye on Dulcinea at all times. (She is far too interested in her 7-inch incision, with all its bristling black stitches.) So I’m knitting a hat for a friend. […]
Cabled Gauntlets
When you first learn to knit, you don’t know what kind of a knitter you are. You’re tempted by quick knits, big metal needles. You rhapsodize over novelty yarns. And then you grow up a little. You find out that your favorite yarns occupy a specific range between Aran and sock yarn. You realize you […]
Eastern Light
I haven’t posted anything crafty in quite some time, partly because my yarn-obsessed Golden Retriever doesn’t want me knitting without her help. But I finally finished my Aestlight Shawl, a traditional Shetland design by Gudrun Johnston. I made some modifications, specifically a picot binding, because I ran out of yarn. Now I’m working on a […]
Ishbel, Part 2
A second attempt at Ysolda’s Ishbel shawl. This time I did not leave the half-finished knitting on the airplane. I made this version with Mountain Colors sock yarn, in a delicious berry shade.