Several disparate themes that have been floating in my mind came together today. I've been thinking about possessions quite a bit lately...

I received a refreshing comment on the last post that told me to stop complaining. In this new spirit of trying to be more self-congratul...

I had my first wedding gown fitting yesterday; naturally, I toted along my lace shawl to see if it matched. This has been my first opportun...

My life theme of late has been “unfinished business.” Wedding planning = overwhelming and unfinished. Academic work = pathetically unfini...

Team ‘ever green’ has been hard at work, pushing through grueling training in preparation for an extreme knitting adventure. Stage 1: Learni...

I am strongly drawn to all things green. Green leaves. Green tea. Green politics. Green yarn. Which brings me to two new and delicious proj...

I had a bit of a whirlwind trip to the west coast last weekend - first a wedding in Phoenix, then off to California for a few days camping i...

A portrait of a woman and her lace companion: hopeful, playful, campy Woman: I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to join the Ama...

Last weekend was beautiful - soft, steady rain, mist in the valleys, lush, cool spring air, and jaunty wild columbines blooming at the edge ...

The lilacs are blooming, the birds are singing. But don't be fooled - this is a harrowing time of year for a graduate student. I have ...

Please let me know if you try out this acorn pancake recipe. Hundreds of people have visited this page since I first posted my recipe, but ...

When I was a kid, my sister and I were really into wild foods and foraging. We nibbled on dandelion greens, cattail tubers, staghorn sumac ...

I turned the heel on my jaywalker sock this weekend. I'm really enjoying the pattern and the yarn, although I'm a bit concerned abo...

My happy side project is... a pair of jaywalkers! In Trekking XXL color 109, for my sister. I've never been drawn to knitting socks b...

The print o' the wave shawl grew heartily this weekend. Here she is: I think this will block out to about 20 inches, which makes it ab...

I've decided to stay the course, for the moment. I'm making good progress on the lace shawl, and I've realized that, until I try...

I had been blissfully progressing on my wedding shawl, until I received yesterday's mail. I opened an unassuming envelope and found a s...

My friend Amy has a terrific green coat with purple embroidery, but she never wears it because she doesn't have the accessories to match...

You can all breathe freely now. Shedir is finished, in all her cabled glory. And the wedding stole is growing merrily (in no way was the ab...

I spent most of the weekend in an academic conference, and so it was with a great sigh of relief and happiness that I sat down to knit while...