Time has been slipping through my fingers. My mind is ablaze with the craziness of moving – we’re down to our last week in Vermont now – an...

This post is about indigo dyeing gone wrong. It's also about figuring out how to treat disappointments as "learning experiences,...

My hemp tank top got its high profile premier during blueberry picking this weekend... Yarn: Lana Hemp, allhemp 6, "deep river" 2....

My mind has been very distractable of late, flitting from task to task when I need it to be productive and focused. I have no fewer than t...

This scarf doesn't just have a story. It has a saga!! First, the details: Yarn: burgundy cashmere laceweight, from Nandia cashmere Nee...

I'm trying to capture this place, these green hills and gardens, before I make the great move to the southwest. I've been describin...

In which I reverse course on everything I said in the last post.... I'm back to the hemp. Started a plain, stockinette tank on a circul...

I'm experimenting with two new yarns these days. First up: hemp yarn (Lana allhemp6, "deep river") to make a cool summer top...

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. ...