Archive for November, 2011



Sure enough, there’s trouble

Published on November 6, 2011

I suspected a problem, but kept on knitting along, because I thought — WHAT??  I thought that the remaining ball of yarn would somehow get larger instead of smaller? It would somehow, like a religious miracle, suddenly become enough to finish this shawl. I thought I was knitting with 5 fish and 2 loaves and […]


I suspect trouble

Published on November 5, 2011

Knitting on Summer Flies, and I want it longer so I add another repeat of one of the very pretty patterns. It takes about 14 rows and at this point, near the end, these rows are about 200 stitches per row.  Takes over 10 min to do a knit row, longer to purl back. It’s […]


Coffee in the morning

Published on November 4, 2011

Here’s the new coffeepot, ever continuing on with my red/black fetish. Anyone who’s seen my wardrobe, my yarn stash, my laptop, my car, my collection of purses, knows that I do a lot with red, and usually accent it with black.  So of course, this is the one we now have — “Himself” is unconcerned […]