I blocked out the sagebrush lace and seamed it for an inch or two on either side, and this is the state of things now: Looks a lot different...

I'm almost done knitting the main part of my sagebrush shrug. It's in a stitch pattern that I half made up, combining the increase/...

I'm back in Phoenix now, back in the land of staggering heat and sun. All I want is to retreat to the interior of the house, pull the sh...

When I talk about being inspired by sagebrush, this is exactly the blue-gray-green palette and undulating texture that I want to capture: I...

I can't stand having my hands idle. After prematurely running out of yarn , I skipped off to the yarn shop, thrilled to have an excuse ...

This is the unfortunate reality that I came up against this evening. I have run out of yarn, at least for the time being. I am tantalizingl...

Summer is already flying by at a whirlwind speed. I've been in Colorado for nearly a week now, first for a wedding, then to do disserta...

It's been a disaster of a week for my crafting, but a good week for adventures. I thought I'd share with you a handful of photos fro...

Just in time for the solstice, I sewed myself a fiery sundress in " Pompeian Red " linen. I was just winging it: I traced out an A...

Today was a gardening day. I thought I'd share with you the full extent of my dye garden: one rambling madder plant Last spring , I had...

Mountain Man and I took ourselves on a wee roadtrip adventure last week: climbing in Southern California, drinking lattes in L.A., camping i...

[Note: you can download this pattern as a PDF by clicking here ] Whimsical, bobbled sea urchin , knit in soft wool and felted into a sturdy ...

Feeling whimsical, I knit myself a sea urchin pincushion. Conceived, knit, felted, and finished in a couple of hours. Free pattern to come i...

I sewed myself a dress this weekend. Not my off-the-cuff primitive feed sacks of the past, but a real frock! Sort of real, at least. It wa...

After finishing up my business in Boston, I took the Acela train down to Washington, DC. What a civilized way to travel! Six and a half hou...

I'm back in Boston this week. It's been splendid: the hustle and bustle of the city, the scent of lilacs and lily-of-the-valley, go...