Archive for the 'Knitting' Category



Package in the mail!!!

Published on March 4, 2009

I was fascinated with my copy of Knitting in the Old Way that I wrote about here and more about it here. It changed the way I think about knitting garments and our reliance on printed patterns. Then I got Ethnic Knitting Discovery by Donna Druchunas. Wow! And today……. this arrived! And I haven’t got […]


Switching and Swatching

Published on February 24, 2009

My hands really do appreciate going back and forth between large-needle projects and small-needle projects. When I stay too long with the small-needle ones, like socks, my wrists start to talk to me, particularly the right one. I suspect that keying numbers all day with my right hand may have a greater impact, but there’s no […]


Moving on with life

Published on February 23, 2009

Life goes on, and it’s often boring. I suppose that’s to be expected at my age, but I find it difficult to accept at times! I’m looking at vacation places, knowing there’ll be a funding shortage for that sort of thing this year, what with all the medical stuff going on. I would much rather spend our dollars on […]