My friend, Donna Druchunas, loves pi shawls (made larger by doing massive amounts of increases on rows selected by the pi principle to create a circle) and she is a wizard at designing them. She asked me to help her make her Mystery KAL design for 2021 an intarsia shawl. The first design I worked […]
2020 was really tough, and wore a lot of people down, including me. 2021 is looking brighter, but I’m so exhausted from 2020 that I’m going to be in recovery mode for awhile. My optometric practice, and teaching with VKL have been my priorities, and this website hasn’t just taken a back seat, it hasn’t […]
Among the horrors of 2020, which are abundant and well-known, so I won’t list them, the crafting community is reeling from a design change on our beloved forum, Ravelry. This change is causing neurological symptoms among users, ranging from mild to severe. The laundry list of complaints is long, including headache, migraine, and seizure. Here […]
A few weeks ago, I saw a post from Mary Mooney with a photo of the “Kitty Couch” pattern, available at Annie’s Attic. Designed by Candy Clayton, the pattern contains 3 different couches that are just the right size for a cat. They are so adorable that it was pretty easy for Bill to talk […]
Friday, May 22nd, an e-mail arrived with the force of a bomb. John Levisay, CEO of Bluprint (formerly Craftsy) sent instructors notice that NBC/Universal was going to be closing the platform over the next few months. I have lots of feelings about this, and it is going to be difficult to process. I have the […]
When stuck at home for weeks, it’s a great time to get organized, right? Who else thought you were going to get a whole lot of cleaning done? Right…… time slips away pretty fast. Well, I really wanted to get SOMETHING done, so I decided to tackle the room that has been my staging area […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating in many ways, but I always try to look for ways to flip a situation and see what good can come out of it. The time I’ve had at home has been productive. Maybe not as productive as it OUGHT to have been, but hey, it’s a stressful time, […]
“Adapt, Migrate, or Become Extinct” was a banner on the wall of my high school biology class. Mrs. Rudfeldt was one of my favorite teachers, and she was a fantastic inspiration – probably why I ended up studying to be a doctor. This rule was ingrained into me, and is so true. With Covid-19, we […]
Walking through the Stitches West 2019 market, this drew my eye. A sampler of color – Scheepjes Stone-washed XL. Just begging to be knit into an Annetarsia project. At 1260 total yards, I was pretty sure that it was a sweater’s worth, but I hedged my bets and started looking for a solid color yarn […]
I look forward to February every year, because it contains 2 of my favorite fiber events: Madrona Winter Retreat, and Stitches West. First up was Madrona, and although it is always wonderful, this year the vibe seemed especially up-beat and relaxed. I’ve been knitting with Marly Bird’s Chic Sheep yarn for Red Heart, for months. […]