A little over a month ago, my husband and I learned that one of my family members has a terminal cancer diagnosis. As we don’t live nearby and due to Covid can’t even visit (literally probably can’t get there – definitely can’t in any helpful way thanks to quarantine rules),… Read More »A Last Project for a Very Knit Worthy Person
And do a little fixing… I was all set to block my fabulous little shawlette on Thursday between cooking dishes for Thanksgiving on Thursday, when I discovered a major problem: While binding off, I dropped a freaking stitch! I noticed it after weaving in the end of the yarn from… Read More »And then I had to wait…
Today is my husband’s birthday. This means it’s going to be a short post, because I want to spend time with him. However, he’s currently distracted by a book. My book. My new book, on nalbinding. It arrived today and he’s sitting on the couch reading it. Yup, I have an… Read More »Happy Birthday, my biggest enabler
Today is my mom’s birthday. She’s been gone well over a decade, and as her birthday comes around I start to think about all the things she never got to see me do, all the talks we never had. A big area of my life is everything I’ve done with… Read More »Happy Birthday Mom
Today we will lay my maternal grandmother to rest. She died last December, during one of her beloved snowstorms in Harbor Springs, MI. There is a lot I could say about my grandmother, but this post will focus on her influence in my life with regards to fiber arts. The… Read More »In Memoriam
Saturday evening I sat down to start the hot pads I picked up yarn for a couple weeks back in Amsterdam as a simpler project than my cabled socks. We had a busy afternoon out acquiring much wanted but less essential items that took a back seat until we had… Read More »Connections Across Time and Space
