I had a stellar significant birthday. Part of it involved a surprise visit from some Royal Rosarians (including the Prime Minister!), the ambassadors of the city of Portland and the mythical Realm of Rosaria. (Portland is the City of Roses.) …

Or class knitting, at least. I’ll be teaching entrelac in the round at Twisted using my Athena pattern in November. I’m knitting a new shop sample because Twisted won’t be carrying Crystal Palace Taos, the original yarn I used when …

It’s September! The pattern for the Breezy Market Tote is now available. I really enjoyed designing this for Twisted‘s Single Skein Club. It’s a quick knit that features a provisional cast on and a three needle bind off. Don’t be …

I’m looking for a few test knitters to knit my Pacific Shawl. I finished the final (I hope!) edits last night. The two smaller sizes take a skein or less of fingering weight yarn (440 yards or less), and some … Continue reading →

but there seems to be a lot of dessert! Last night I made this cobbler. The edges are a little messy because I forgot to add the lemon juice to the fruit mixture, so I poured it back into the … Continue reading →

Knit nite on Wednesday was a blast. Good company and productive knitting, and some show and tell. Lorajean (KnittedWit) brought samples of her new hand-dyed yarn colors, as well as her baby. He was charming, and the colors were great. …

…and how I got there, aka adventures in applied i-cord. My Ruffle Tank is done. I love it. It’s perfect. My favorite FO of the year. This is the picture I sent to my friend Diane. We had been discussing … Continue reading →

I’m making steady progress on the ruffle tank. It’s seamed and just needs the i-cord edgings at the neckline and armholes. Here’s the back. I opted to omit the keyhole closing at the neckline. This is my first experience with … Continue

I didn’t even open the Single Skein Club package while I was camping; the allure of the ruffle was strong. But I have now opened it so I can show you, gentle reader. It’s an ingenious lacy scarflet by Sivia … Continue reading →

I’m home, skeeter-bit, itchy, and happy. We were at Swift Forest Camp on the Lewis River in Washington. It was marvelous to look up and see this by day… …and a million stars by night. Being away from city lights really changes the night sky. It’s too early for the Perseid meteor showers, but we [...]

I finished my blue Breezy Market Tote this weekend. Just in time! The next installment of Twisted’s Single Skein Club is out. But I’ll have to show you what’s in it next time; I don’t have pictures yet. I’m tossing this into my bag, along with the new guitar strings, and going camping tomorrow.

It feels like it’s all blue here, all the time. I started my Breezy Market Tote. Although Twisted’s Single Skein Club offering with my design was AllHemp6 yarn in pumpkin, I was able to swap my yarn for deep sea (blue), since I’d already made the original design in sand (nearly pumpkin). I wound the [...]

Samantha Roshak was at Twisted to kick off her trunk show yesterday. She brought some lovely knitted things. Sam’s a designer from Seattle; I met her last year at Sock Summit. She’s charming *and* talented! Her show will be at Twisted through this weekend. If you can’t make it, you can check out her design

It was Stitch ‘n’ Pitch night at the Portland Beavers game last night. My god-daughter E was in town; she’s a knitter and a baseball fan. We had a great time! Remember these? I decided there was no better time to knit with candy, than in the company of an eight year old. I used [...]

I’m so pleased to announce that I’m going to be blogging for Lantern Moon! I’ve been in a knitting group (the knit nite group) with Sharon Woodcock, one of the owners of Lantern Moon, for about three years. Our group grew out of an intarsia class that we had with Leigh Radford. I was thrilled [...]

I recently received an email from Barbara Jennings, who took my class on circular hats in the round at Twisted last year. Since taking the class, she’s made over 40 hats for family and friends. Excellent! Now she wants to do more. She’s involved in an effort to knit caps for soldiers being deployed to [...]

Stitch & Pitch night is coming! The local Portland Beavers are having their last Stitch & Pitch event; the team is moving after this year. We go way back with the Beavers. DH worked for them in the 1980′s. I used to sit behind home plate, knitting, knowing that the cage would save me from [...]

June-uary was a long month here, with a record amount of rain, and chilly temps. July is working hard to make up for all that. My hydrangeas are lovely. They say that hydrangeas will be blue in acidic soil, and pink in alkaline soil. But what does it mean when both colors are on the [...]

I thought I’d have a lot more knitting to show you, since I had 3 hours in the car and 6 hours on a plane on Friday, but I’m just a little further than I was in the previous post. Why? See how the lace pattern on the back gets wider every 6 rows? Apparently [...]

Martha! Some crazy lady is out back taking pictures of her knitting! Yup, it’s true. I’m at a resort on the coast of Maine for DH’s work conference, so the neighbors don’t know me. They can talk all they want. This is the back lace on Passiflora. We came here via Boston, so I had [...]

Well, these are really clematis, not passion flowers, but I love them passionately. They’re growing on this spring’s new trellis. I love how the leaves and buds echo the metal ones. But that’s not what you’re really here for, is it? Here’s Passiflora. I’m ready to start the detail at the

I was knitting the Sweetie Pie hat for a Sunday baby shower. It’s been a busy week. Saturday came and the hat wasn’t done. I had work in the morning, a wedding to attend on Saturday afternoon, and the wedding reception on Saturday evening. Saturday night found me reading blogs in bed with my laptop, [...]

On Tuesday, I remembered that I’m going to a baby shower this Sunday. I dashed into Twisted to get some yarn for an Elsa hat, and while I was there I remembered that I may have designed this hat for baby’s big sister two years ago. Oops. I cast about for a different hat project, [...]

Last week I happened to be downtown by the Ace Hotel, which was displaying Seann McKeel’s Knitnotwar 1000 project. This is based on the legend that if you fold 1000 origami cranes, your wish will be granted. Wishes are traditionally for health or peace. The twist in this project is that the cranes are knitted [...]

FO: as in finished object. CollegeDude graduated from the University of Oregon on Monday. We’re all very proud of him, and thrilled to pieces. But now I need a new name for him… It’s been super-busy around here, with just a little knitting. I did have several hours of knitting time in the car on [...]

It’s June, and that means it’s time for the next installment of Twisted’s Single Skein Club. I was really looking forward to this month’s offering, because it’s my design! I was delighted when Shannon and Emily asked me to design June’s project. They wanted a market bag out of a single sk

I don’t sew a lot, but I have my mom’s old Singer 306 sewing machine from the 1950′s. I love this machine. It’s big, black, heavy, and makes a dreamy machine hum when it runs. I actually learned to sew on a newer Singer that Mom had in the 1970′s, but it didn’t have this [...]

Well, that was a highly productive weekend! We have a little room off our bedroom; it’s about 6 feet square, with three casement windows on each of two sides, one wall, and an archway from the bedroom as the fourth would-be wall. I think it was probably a dressing room or nursery, once upon a [...]

The second incarnation of my Pacific Shawl is blocked and ready to wear. I love it! Here’s how much bigger it is than the first one. It feels great on my shoulders; it’s a lightweight wisp of a thing. Just warm enough. I think I blocked it to be a little more open than the [...]

I’ve been poking around at IKEA, trying to decide on a better way to store my yarn/projects/knitting paraphernalia. I really like the idea of these cubbies and related clear boxes. I have enough space for this 16 cubby shelf, but could possibly go a little smaller and not take up the entire wall in the [...]