One of my very dearest friends had a Great Big Birthday recently.  When I say "Great Big Birthday," I mean one of them thar ones t...

My grandma is a fabulously stylish woman and I've never knit her anything -- until now!  Spring Shawl Trifecta: activate! Girl's B...

...but I assure you, I have been busy.  After all, I did knit more than 2.5 shawls this month.  Soooo while the last in the Spring Shawl Tri...

Anne Hathaway + Jake Gyllenhaal + Viagra + Parkinson's + comfy sweaters = Love and Other Drugs .  Let's begin, shall we? Maggie...

sooooo excited i cant even use capital letters or punctuation   WHOOOO!!!!  OK, I'm back to normal now, after all that.  This is my fi...

I think the yarn has outlasted my creativity on the gray shawl, as I'm thisclose to calling myself finished and to binding off "pr...

Never did blog about this one, sooooo yeah, here it is! It's the Birthday Schmirthday Cowl, AKA Let’s Do Some Stranded Colorwork Fla...

Sometimes I use books to subtly test my compatibility with people: do we have similar tastes, and will we be friends?  Never Let Me Go , the...

Let me know if I'm way off base, but I think she'll like it.  :)

A couple of days ago, I took this picture of the gray shawl in progress: At the time, I was all triumphant about finishing Chart 2 (as in t...

AKA Lifeline #2 -- Happy Leap Day!  Did you spend your day throwing candy at crying children ?  I kinda did, if by "throwing candy...

Everything looks fine, right? Everything was fine. Is that supposed to be off by a stitch? Whoa.  That's not right.  Do you see i...