In the last post, you got a dramatic introduction to these squeaking, felted ducks. Here's the pattern: Materials -- About 40 g (65-70 ...

Wait .. what's that? ... It's a duck! And another one! How precious ... OMG! The dog!! Doggie says: Mwa Ha Ha!! Oh man, I crack myse...

En route to Mountain Man's fieldwork in California, we stopped for a day of climbing at Joshua Tree National Park. Between the insane sh...

Autumn is the season that triggers the most beauty and memory for me. I think back to my childhood in Connecticut, where autumn meant socce...

I tend to gravitate towards cool, forest colors like green and blue. But the universe seemed to be shouting at me with warm reds and orange...

Squaaaaaak!! I've been playing around with quite a few projects this week. Nothing fully finished and ready to show off just yet, but I...

With Phoenix still hovering near 100 degrees, Mountain Man and I headed north for the weekend. Our destination was Oak Creek Canyon, a b...

When I was back in Connecticut late last month, I went on a walk in the park with my dad. We passed under some black walnut trees whose bra...

In the last few weeks, I found a dissertation topic, survived/celebrated a family wedding, said goodbye to my beloved Vermont, and drove the...

The most marvelous part of my trip to Maine - other than seeing my friends, of course - was our visit to Nanney Kennedy's farm . I firs...

( This pattern is also available as a PDF document and as a French translation on aufildesenvies ) This airy, half-circle shawl is roughly ...

As I come into my last two weeks back east, I'm traveling quite a bit to see friends before I go. Montreal. Connecticut. Now, Maine. ...