Gracee was whimpering for brekkie She's sitting in front of me, stomping her front paws one at a time and licking her chops. "Oh Grace, just one more square," I beg back. "Forget that, Gracee," commiserates Chuck," it used to be just one more row and now just one more shawl is more like it."…

I don't anger easily. Edward Chuck Scissorhands was at it again.Chuck Chainsaw-hands was more like it. I came home from work to find my forsythia the victim of a chainsaw massacre, most of it right to the ground. He said it needed a good cutting back, and his day off combined with mild weather was…

Readers, meet Becky's Herringbone Rib Scarf. Scarf, meet the readers.  How best to explain the progression of our acquaintance? I'll try point form: June, my coworker, heard about my Herringbone Rib Scarf pattern, published in Knitting for Good. For Christmas, June, a non-knitter, gave the book to her knitting buddy Becky. Becky knit several of…

I googled my first name and got this reply: Did you mean: lice? That's not the first time that mistake's been made. In my teens, my NY State boat operator's license read the same way. My parents made up  my name, a combination of my grandmother's name, Lillian and my Mom's name, Elsa. Lillian+Elsa=Lilice, rhymes…

It's done and I'm happy with it. It's different making a comfort/prayer blanket for someone you don't know, as it was a request from a special acquaintance. I did know this – it was made for a young man who experienced similar losses to my own at similar ages. So I did the best I…

Still on the needles – the Bob Blankie for Craig: In the same colourway – Riley, Blogless Marsha's Airedale: Isn't he sweet? That's how I spent my weekend.

I've written a lot about the differences between now and then. How the way we do things has changed, much if it at a much higher cost. Take veterinary care. Old Dr. Burt just retired. At Gracee's last annual check, which was performed for the cost of the shots, he discovered a little cyst on…

You know how kids slip stuff into the shopping cart when you're not looking? They never outgrow it. I took three 18 yr olds down to WA with me a few weeks back. We always stop at the local Fred Meyer for the weekend's groceries. You DON'T want to get caught at the border with…

Thank for all the B-Day wishes. It was a perfect weekend starting with: A welcome surprise from Mandy's (refer to my last post about hiding her identity) son, who true to form, graciously vacated his downtown Seattle view apartment so his mom and I could have a girl's weekend. OK, you 20 something knitters, this…

It was one of those morning dreams. Do you get those? When you awaken too early, fall back asleep to inexplicably bizarre dreams? In this one my LYS, but not my real my LYS, was going out of business. I hadn't made it to the final sale so I ran down at 4:45 in time…