I don’t know about you, but I’ve been off my game since the 2016 election and I’m pretty tired of feeling this way. I’m getting ready to kick off my funk at the mid-terms and no matter what happens, I’m moving forward with my life and creative work in 2019 with renewed energy and determination. […]
Ready to read and knit again? We’ll be reading Knitting for Anarchists by Anna Zilboorg and knitting my slipper socks from the latest Knitty.I have kits available in two yarn choices: Hand-dyed superwash merino from ModeKnit Yarns and merino/acrylic blend from Valley Yarns. Kits include the pattern and video tutorials, as in all of my […]
What’s your challenge for summer? Here’s mine: I’ve got a bit of laryngitis today after teaching indoors in AC for the last two weekends. My throat is dry! This got me thinking about how
Yesterday one of my Facebook friends asked, “What question are you living in today?”
Every fucking day, I pray for Donald Trump to die. Now that I’ve said that, let’s move on to what’s happening and what we can do next. What happened? OK, it’s been a lot longer than a week since my last post. I’m not even going to try to keep up. Here are the two […]
Tomorrow is Pi Day, (March 14th, 3/14, 3.14 rounded off from 3.14159…) and we’re starting the Hemisphere Half Pi KAL in my Ravelry group. It’s not to late to join in! The pattern is available on Ravelry and you can stash dive to start right away, or order a kit from Craftsy and start late […]
I feel like I’m going broke. There isn’t enough silence around my house any more. If silence is golden, I might have to declare bankruptcy soon. Maybe I can sell some of my yarn and go live in the attic. Before I go further, I have to say that I am the least “nice” person […]
I want to write more and more thoughtfully this year. Instead of simply posting rants and lists of “What happened?” and “What can you do next?” I’m going to address a topic that’s on my mind in more depth. Right now I’m quite worried about how we will react should the worst happen. If there’s […]
One of the new blog series I want to write this year is “My Parents Moved In. Where Can I Put My Yarn?” It doesn’t really have much, if anything, to do with knitting except that I knit and work on knitting-related projects all the time, and that usually spreads out to take over most […]
