The academic life is only rarely tinged with glamour. But on occasion, even a graduate student will get to jet off to a cool conference . ...

Cue the Tarzan calls! We've got a crazy new Hob here, swinging through the marigolds!! But it's a nice Hob too. Can be swee...

I wanted to create something super special with the yarn that I'd brought back from Tuscany this spring. I'd picked it for the col...

Meet Hob. I knit this fellow up this weekend, when we were on Cape Cod with Mountain Man's friends. I made it for their sweet, playful ...

Remember that lace leaf shawl that I took as my travel knitting ? The one that was started in Italy, nearly confiscated at numerous airport...

I was going to start off with a sarcastic comment about finishing this sweater in time for summer. But with cool days last week and chilly ...

I've been a knitting dilletante this fortnight. WIPs galore. I was in the mood for exuberant progress, not the fiddly finishings on th...

Rivendell is up! Edited to add: I want to share a few reflections about the initial feedback that I've gotten on this pattern. First -...

This past month was a rare gift, a time to step away from usual life, steep myself in other experiences, and reinvigorate my vital energy. ...

I've been putting off my posting for the last several days because I keep thinking I'm just on the cusp of finishing something cool....

This is a dash of a post with an update on Forecast. Here it is as of this morning (note: in real life, the sleeves are the right size. It...

My to-do list was oppressing me this weekend. I wanted to accomplish something that felt authentic and significant. I had a little conver...

That's how my watchcap pattern should have ended, because apparently that's what I'm doing. Not long after finishing up Mounta...

Gorgeous sunset this morning, with a spectacular, warm, tangerine glow behind the mountains. It took me a minute to run and get the camera...

Mountain Man recently told me, in a not-really-joking and not-very-complimentary way, that I was a "knitting fanatic." It's t...

I've been in a bit of a bad mood recently, largely due to the existential woes of coming up with a dissertation topic. I'd even ru...

Although I was reasonably pleased with my most recent natural dyeing experiment , I was left with unresolved questions about why the cochin...

I've been rather quiet lately because I've been working on secret projects (shhh....), but now that this has been gifted, it's ...

Knit in a cozy alpaca-wool blend, this watchcap is basic enough to keep a guy satisfied. But there's just enough styling - twisted sti...

First FO's of the year! Here's a bundle of small knitted items. Weirdly, there's an unintentional theme here: sister-related a...