You never know where it’ll show up. A friend found this online. Look carefully, there’s knitting content: Is it my imagination, could it be Typepad’s hit counter, or is blogland slow this week?

Are you familiar with the book? It’s all about the knitting of prayer shawls to comfort those who are grieving or going through tough times. It’s a beautiful concept, and I decided to give it a go. I wove a shawl for the mom of our student intern, Carly, who died two years ago from…

No wheat or eggs, no added sugar, no dairy or nuts, and it tastes good. Really good. Someone brought these, made as drop cookies, into the office and they quickly disappeared. If you’re like me, you have a supply of black bananas in the freezer just waiting to be zapped, peeled, and used in a…

This poster: This award, which yesterday, I accepted on behalf of my agency. I know this is a good place to be, having worked at offices where the prevailing attitude toward workplace flexibility was "Give them and inch and they’ll take a mile." Our employees have demonstrated the opposite, by giving them an inch they…

The wrangling continued and not without injury: On day two, Hemlock seemed to relax a but, allowing me to pull out each point an additional five inches. That, and an attack with my Jiffy Steamer, improved the lumps by at least 75%. Hopefully that shot of steam will have killed the acrylic and tamed the…

An apt description, from the Hemlock Ring Yahoo group, regarding the finishing phase of the blanket. These behemoths have eight tenticular points radiating from a lump of a head. They curl and undulate and strenuously defy attempts at blocking. One of my fellow octopus trainers, at our semi-monthly Ravelry get together, exclaimed "Blocking? Schmocking!" She’s…

From the same type of yarns and two different patterns, here are the "twins": Ever wonder how different patterns will turn out using the same yarn? I’ve made four scarves from Anny Blatt Scarf Kits, comprised of one skein of Superangora (116 yards) held together with one skein of Victoria (109 yards). The kits make…

That’s our name for Whole Foods. When they first opened I regularly splurged on their dark German rye bread for $3 a loaf. That loaf of bread is now $7. Seven dollars for a loaf of bread. I don’t think so. Let’s play the Price is Right. A recent advertisement was pushing their easy holiday…

That’s how I feel about modeling shots – grin and bear wear it. Inevitably when a knitting blogger features an FO there’s a cry from the comment section – how about a modeling shot? First up: Pattern: The Seville Jacket from Oat Couture Size:small (beware the sizing, I usually make a large, but had the…

100% knitting content ahead, I owe it to you as this is really a knitting blog and you’ve been very patient with the antics of a certain 17 year old boy. So, on to the knitting front… Stash? I have no stash, because I learned way back when, in training for the field of social…