Yesterday one of my Facebook friends asked, “What question are you living in today?” My answer was, “Is the change in my brain/mind where I am less organized and linear but more creative permanent and OK or temporary and something I want to figure out how to fix?” I see myself in this book. I Continue reading »
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 Continue reading »
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 Continue reading »
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 Continue reading »
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 Continue reading »
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 Continue reading »
Can you believe it’s already January 22nd? There’s just a week of this month left. I have my knitting cut out for me. I’ve officially entered the new Ravelry Challenge for finishing my UFOs in 2018. Have you seen that feature yet? It’s cool. You can put deadlines on your WIPs or projects in your Continue reading »
Are you in Our Knitting Roots Book Club yet? It’s a free Facebook group. On Feb 1 we will start reading again! Our topic will be Japan and we’ll be reading two books. Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible: 260 Exquisite Patterns by Hitomi Shida, translated by Gayle Roehm. This book is a drop-dead stunning stitch dictionary, Continue reading »
In Our Knitting Roots Book Club on Facebook, over the last weeks, we’ve been discussing Timothy Snyder’s short book, On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century. This week’s chapter is “Lesson 12: Make Eye Contact and Small Talk.” Rachel, who is leading the discussion says, This lesson is a reminder of how simple resisting Continue reading »