This year I only knit two Christmas gifts: a hat for my sister and a neckwarmer for my mother. Both were small and simple but infused with...

I haven't accomplished much in the last week. Cabled socks are at a standstill, since I turned the heel too late and am still too disap...

The lace smoke ring is a delight. Once I memorized the pattern, it was a meditative pattern to knit. It's a beautiful and unusual piec...

I'm waiting for a sunny morning to photograph the lace smoke ring, and in the meantime, here's a cookie recipe I whipped up this mor...

I've no illusion that my works in progress are of interest to anyone else. In an effort to make them more engaging to watch, here'...

Last Saturday, I revelled in the primitive-romanticism of open air natural dyeing: Dyepots simmering over an open fire. Blustery, November ...

Nova Scotian Seascape Socks Yarn: Fleece Artist Merino Sock Pattern: Elizabeth Zimmerman's sock pattern with conventional heel from Knit...

Ah, Monday mornings. Gray skies, jarring alarms, anxiety about work. Pull myself out of bed and am confronted with this!! (and this is ju...

Discouragement comes easily to me. This post isn't about the discouragement, though, so much as about the renewal of hope and patience. ...

Beautiful morning sunlight again. Seen basking in it are the Fleece Artist socks that I'd meant to finish for Socktoberfest (I wasn...

My knitpicks order arrived last week -- marvelous! Yarnwise, there's 'bare' DK merino for experimentation with natural dyes and ...

Remember that fabulous Fleece Artist yarn that I picked up as a souvenir of Nova Scotia? I've been steadily, happily working through i...

I started this sweater towards the end of an exhausting month in which I got married, moved, finished a major paper, and took my comprehensi...

Afer the debacle of the gray Mountain Man sweater, I decided to scale down to a smaller Zimmerman pattern (the sweater will be back soon - b...

It was with great excitement that I cast on for Mountain Man's eco-wool sweater this past weekend. I carefully swatched and measured an...

Substantial progress has been made on the tie-front shrug that I started last month, progress both in terms of knitting and major re-design...

I'm all abuzz with inspiration after attending a natural dyes workshop last Saturday. It was at St. Brigid's Farm in Peacham, VT, wh...

Saturday was a gorgeous autumnal day in Vermont: mist in the valley - chilly and breezy - air perfumed by fallen leaves and pine needles - o...

Theme of the week: getting back on track with things long left neglected. For knitting, this takes me to a baby sweater that I started last ...

Had myself a grafting derby last night, and I FINALLY got all the finishing done on two neat little objects. Rustic Baby Sweater Pattern: C...