I've just returned from vacation to face the trip you never want to take. Most of us get two such sad opportunities in life, the death of each parent. The first for me occurred when I was 16 and my sister, 12. Our father had a long death from debilitating heart disease. Now, 40 years later, it's our…

What's the past tense of knit? Knit? Knitted? As in "When I knit my Emerald sweater from Iceland yarn…"  I'll start over. When I knit my Emerald sweater from Iceland yarn, my chidlhood friend, Rosie, requested a scarf from mint green yarn with the same kind of snowballs. Right, I thought. That's a yarn reqest…

First grade. Halloween. Dressed as a gypsy, we lived in an apartment complex, four units per floor. Trick or treating was a breeze. I still remember the song we learned in school: "Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate, the first one said, Oh my it's getting late. The second one said, There are witches in…

Gracee turns ten on Halloween. I remember a made for TV movie in the 70's called "Devil Dog, Hound of Hell" Sometimes we refer to Grace as our devil dog, but only sometimes. Her issues stem from her rescue history, but we love her a lot, our Gracee girl:

Seven years of blogging, but who's counting. On September 4th I started my adventure. That's a long time and a lot of knitting ago. More precisely, according to the stats, that would include about 800 posts and 7050 comments. Thanks to you all for your participation, encouragement and support.

No longer a surprise, this Crescent Moon has travelled across the ocean and found its home in Denmark. The colour reminds me of Denmark's Blue Willi's clothing line. Pattern: Cresent Moon from Easy Crochet, Complete in Three Days. Yarn: Lana Grossa Salina, a bamboo and cotton ribbon yarn.  Shawl Pin: One of Chuck's, made from a 60…

Do you remember Sandy's Saturday Sky? It was two or three iterations ago of her knitting blog. She made Saturdays an easy blog day with a simple request that we post a picture of our local sky. Easy enough for most of the world, but for a large portion of the year, while many of…

The title has given you due warning. I lead a weekly meeting. That week I started: "I'm having a personal crisis and I need someone to tell me what to do." Silence in the meeting room, not usually so, considering the active participation of these three intelligent women. I continue, "It all started a earlier…

I usually delete bad photos, but not this one, a precious memory taken by my son-in-law. That's me, my eldest and C in a moving truck, in our first serious attempt at clearing out our house in anticipation of downsizing. They thankfully took their bedroom set, the piano, plus 20 boxes of stuff belonging to…

Pattern: Bunny Beanie by Noe Knit It's a free pattern. Yarn: Red Heart Soft Touch, by far my favourite baby yarn. It's soft, has great stitch definition, comes in tasteful colours and best of all, is machine washable. Needles: Two sets of circular US six 8's. Knit on one until the third decrease round, then divided…