Norma recently posted about those sugar coated jelly candies shaped like orange slices. You know the ones? Must be menopause or recent stress, I don't usually have much of a sweet tooth, but they sure looked tempting. The candy of my childhood, I've written about it before. I remember my dad taking me to the…

Really, who needs to knit when there are skeins of yarn this beautiful? This is Valley Yarn's Kangaroo Dyer Franklin yarn in the Pine cone colourway. More beautiful booty from the second blog contest in a row that I won last month: Lovely Erika, from Knitting at Pantheon Acres, sent the following prize for winning…

We're in recovery mode out at a farm without computer access. All went well, Ms. Mar now has a reshaped tibia and her knee cap has been lowered an inch. I always used to ask my kids the best part and worst parts of their times away, so here goes: The best: 1. Mari's nerve…

I can't figure out why people stand in line for over an hour, sometimes closer to two, for a 15% discount on yarn. One of our LYS's hosts an annual anniversary sale with most items marked down 15-20%. Knitters line up by the 100's, snaking their way throughout the hot crowded store, until they get…

   The recap: A clone of the Carnival Shawl – couldn't locate the Rowan Classic Holiday #3 book with the pattern so attempted to replicate it from a photo. Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn, 4 skeins (had about 30 inches left over) size G crochet hook Pattern changes: the original pattern called for 36…

Let's just call this the Life's a Stitch Equation. Or maybe it's the curse of rating your Ravelry project at 95% finished, Have you noticed the number of projects I have at 95% on Ravelry? Doesn't it seem that they get stuck there for a loooong time? So, here's my math: Theoretically if I rate…

So I started crocheting (needle art with the reputation of knitting's poor, but fast, cousin) a Carnival clone, made from Noro Silk Garden Sock yarn. Oh, you're making pot holders, someone said. No, it's a shawl. Next person commented on my coasters. Actually, it's a shawl. Yet another told me his grandma made dishcloths just…

I have nothing to complain about, but my poor husband might. I led cheer as he laid tiles. I did get my chance to participate, scrubbing cement and grout for two days, and I have the bruised knees to prove it. Have you ever gone to major expense just to hate something for years? We…

I've lifted the idea from Karen and have loved reading other's versions of the spousal interview. So here he is, being questioned last night while cooking dinner: Me: What is your favorite thing about my knitting? C: That it makes you happy. Me: What is your least favorite thing about my knitting? C:  The line…

This is Print O'the Wave. I'm not sure who is punishing whom, but it is has been exiled to partial smothering in a zip lock bag on a closet shelf until it can behave better. You see, I've knit those last eight rows over so many times that I had to walk away. Eight rows…