That's how long it took me to finish my Print O'the Wave shawl: The details: Pattern: Print O'the Wave by Eunny Jang, a free pattern. I added an extra repeat to the width, but it  blocked so well I wouldn't have needed to go through the extra effort. I omitted the center graft by completing…

When I was a little kid I used to wonder how the medicine knew where to go to cure various afflictions. Now I know it's more a matter of marketing than science. Headache formula pain reliever is the same compound as arthritis formula, either one would do for either pain. It all works the same.…

Get it? Another Clap pun. You won't have to put up with many more because this time the Clap is done:   The particulars: Pattern: Clapotis, abbreviated to make a scarf: the setup section two full repeats of section two, plus the required partial amount of the final increase row. 17 repeats of section three…

A cheesy introduction to – you guessed it – another version of Clapoitis, the mini version. This will be #4 made from my leftover Lady Eleanor silk Garden, colourway 279. I think this is a step in the right direction for Noro, having concentrated too heavily on the darks: It could have been worse. Remember…

Thank you for the positive thoughts and the comments on the comfort food. Some of you guessed correctly – they are Golabki, the cabbage rolls of my half Polish heritage. I might have thrown you off because when I have more stuffing than cabbage, I make the rest into meatballs and cook them all together.…

Poor Ms.Grace had her eyelid surgery, I've never heard this tough little Scottswoman cry until she was reduced to wearing a cone. She whimpered for a solid hour until she found an acceptable sleeping position. This has been a hell of a week with 13 hour days at work (major proposal writing deadlines), Gracee's operation…

Permit me some whine. Last week was Earth Day and Starbucks was right in there celebrating. They advertised free brewed coffee as long as you brought in your reusable cup. So I did, ordering a decaf. "No," the barrista said,"we don't brew decaf after noon." I don't get that. If there is one place in…

As a kid I loved the Heigh Ho song. I couldn't wait to go off to work. Thirty some years into this career, I still like work, but some of these knitting projects seem to go on forever. I'm all Heigh Ho in the beginning but it seems to take forever to get home from…

What I did this week:   I stared a Ravelry group: Scottie Dogs – a group for Scottie loving stitchers. How much fun is this? Knitters from the US, Finland (six Finnish Scotties), Russia, Argentina, Estonia, and Canada. All Scottie lovers, I'm especially envious of those moms of multiples. I've learned some interesting bits of…

No, no, no, not that one, which I feared without reason. After 23 years of desktop home computing we are changing from this:To this: Can't afford to do both the laptop and the desktop, but most of my blogging is desktop based. I am loving the idea of cable free computing, but I fear compatibility…