fini!
[no title]Oh, how it has been a long haul. After weeks of squeezing every possible knitting minute out of every possible day, Miri's Forbes Forest came out complete this past weekend. I wasn't sure I...
View ArticleAn open letter to Martha Stewart
[no title]Martha, ohhhh, Martha. For weeks now I've been pouring over your Holiday Cookies magazine. A beautiful issue, there's no doubt. More than 100 recipes for the season, it's barely possible...
View ArticleWinter knitting sets in
[no title]It's been some time, really. Knitting and yarn have crossed my path only via housecleaning lately. A knitting slump, indeed. I've had a number of projects tossing around in idea phase for a...
View ArticleSweet Saturday
[no title] Ahhhh, Saturday. Finally. My favourite--Saturday morning, coffee and the CBC. yamaneko buttons While listening to Go this morning, I found these great yamaneko buttons, and can't help...
View ArticleFriday eve
[no title]See? I can bake. You haven't got the best of me yet, Martha. From the same Holiday Baking issue as my last Martha run-in, the Chocolate-black pepper cookies are a safe bet for great tasting...
View Article2005: Top 5 unifinished
[no title]End of December, hey? These past few months have gone by in a snap, hard to believe the end of the year is here already. September? October? Last Wednesday? Where'd you all go? With the time...
View ArticleVivante!
[no title]That's right, still kicking. I've been enthralled this month by other peoples'projects. I'm still amazed that every single day, someone out there is crafting up a storm and sharing it...
View ArticleOut with the old...
Out with the old...I've been meaning to get to this for a while. At home sick today, and after a full day's rest, I think it's time I cross this one off the list. A few weeks ago, this fine package...
View ArticleKate strikes again
[no title]Kate, you've done it again, without even missing a beat this time. Oh, how I miss the Kate and Anna shopping adventures. This one looks like it was lots of fun. This Room 6? Wow. Tell me,...
View ArticleGarter rib
[no title]At long last, a completed project I can call my own. With Alison, on the way home from Rhode Island this past summer, we stopped in at a yarn shop in Saratoga Springs. Great shop, friendly...
View ArticleWednesday
[no title]Another project almost complete? Must be time to start another. Something new hit over the weekend, a sneak at the swatch for now. This is the Lily Chin Gramercy I picked up last month,...
View ArticleIndoor day
[no title]Winter's still going strong in these parts. Another stormy grey Saturday. A temperature of -15 plus wind chill equals a nice -27 celcius. Beautiful. Just like last Saturday. What is this...
View ArticleSing it with me: I'm thirty-one, my futon days are done!
[no title]Mr. Clickety Click and I took the plunge this week and made our first big-ticket home item: a sofa. While not my dream sofa, it's a comfortable and affordable seating space that's neutral...
View ArticleOdessa
[no title]Oh, what the hell.... Everyone's doing it, why not join in. A need for a quick fix brought this Odessa hat to life. A nice quick knit, simple-simple-simple, but interesting enough to hold...
View ArticleA monkey with no legs is still a monkey.
[no title]My mom's been in town visiting this past week. She's been a production line machine of knit teddy bears for she's making to give to an orphanage in I don't remember where...somewhere far from...
View ArticleOn vacation
[no title]Oh, it sure has been a while, hey? I've been traveling like crazy mad, and it's been a blast. In the past 2 months, I've been San Francisco, London, Norway, Belgium, and Amsterdam. That's...
View ArticleKnitting again...for the very first time.
[no title]Yeeesh, Boxing Day...already?? How time does fly. While visiting family over the holidays, I finally found myself relaxed with free time and a desire to knit. After a season or two of...
View ArticleTwo-double-oh-seven: welcome
Happy new year everyone. Quietly now, let's start out the new year. Guhhhh.There's been some baby knitting going on behind the scenes, the first of which found its owners last night. With snow finally...
View ArticleSurfing away my life
Ohhh, I love it. The internet, love love love it. Mr. Clickety Click and I bought a laptop during the holidays, and I've been glued to it ever since. I think I've had more at-home computer activity in...
View ArticleReally, it's just a wee blog.
Reading AT Chicago today, I discovered that it's delurking week in blog land. It got me thinking about the blogs I read, and about my own blog.I'm not a super regular reader of any blogs, but I try to...
View ArticleA dozen days: day one
This, I think is a fun idea - shoot and share twelve or more pictures throughout the year, one picture for each month. Tag and share your photos in the 007 - Snap a Dozen Days Flickr group photo pool,...
View ArticleI dream of empty baskets
I came home in a fury today. I've been finishing up projects behind the scenes (details soon), and I've hit a roadblock on what to start next.Thing is, something of a stash is holding everything in...
View ArticleDistractions
Try as I may, it's hard to stay focused. So much is going on these days, and I keep getting distracted. The land of knitting keeps drifting away. It's been a few weeks now...so so sorry to those of you...
View ArticleNobody home
Boy, for all you visitors that are surprisingly still dropping in, this must be the most disappointing stop in all of blogland. Not a peep in over a year. Kindest regrets, the day-to-day has...
View ArticleSo-Called Striped Noro Scarf...
Chances are, you're here looking for the striped Noro scarf I made a few years ago. Thank you Jared for linking over here so long ago (great job on the new site, btw). It might be a ghost town over...
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