... gloves, sitting around the parlor with a book or hand work (like knitting, embroidery, etc.) and afternoon tea. Yes, you can have afternoon tea anywhere, ... and sugar cubes (love cubes!): (as observe my knitting...a seed stitch scarf with 2 colors of ... I feel is an integral part of any group outing, knitting or otherwise. No one else can lend that combination of friendliness, interest in any topic, ...

... week and I didn't get very much knitting done myself, but I did teach my mom to knit..not purl, just knit. We'll work on the purling later. However, I did manage to start some Christmas knitting. First up, My So Called Scarf by Allison Isaacs using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky in Spumoni. I absolutely LOVE this colorway and I think she will too! I will keep Christmas recipients a mystery, I ...

I haven't posted since last Saturday and I have nothing to show for it. Where's my knitting mojo?Well in my defense, I've been busy with other things. Like, going to a matinee last Sunday. I went to see the new Coen brothers' movie Burn After Reading. It was interesting and funny- at parts. But on the whole, I'd say that the movie dragged. I hosted a dinner party Tuesday night. It was planned for ...

I seem to be knitting to keep the young people in my life warm! Lobster Claw Mitts for Caleb, from a Morehouse Merino kit I bought at Rhinebeck last year.  A pair of legwarmers for one of my Sunday school students, who requested them. She takes ballet and apparently her legs get chilly when [...]

Um, yarn. Yes, still got that.I have had a small knitting crush on the Nutkin pattern for some time. I like the movement, the big bold pseudo-cables. However, I didn't like some of the characteristics, like a tendency towards biasing. That one was easy to fix, just flip the chart for half of the sock.I really like how each not-a-cable folds up when unblocked, but that's not the usual wearable ...

... or come to my attention in time for spring in the southern hemisphere.You probably can think of many many more ...ok - so here is my next knitting project, my 2-ply merino silk handspun, in a center ... I was but a naive net knitter (and I don't pretend to be any the more savvy about knitting or the net now) and I actually asked the following question in a forum about blogging on Knitters Review Forum ...