TOMORROW, Lithuanian Knitting: Continuing Traditions launches on Pubslush! I can’t wait until you can go there and join in the fun and pick your rewards and contributions. It’s going to be so much fun. The campaign page is available for preview here and will go live for contributions tomorrow, April 15th, 2015. A short preview of […]
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On my first trip to Europe, I went to England and Lithuania. This post is about how those two places connected for me. I had a fabulous time in England, but Lithuania had a much bigger impact on me. All of these trips have fed into the depth of Lithuanian Knitting: Continuing Traditions, even though not all of […]
I’ve been blogging for a long time. I started in 2003 but I didn’t blog about Lithuania or start working on Lithuanian Knitting: Continuing Traditions until 2007. Here’s another of my early posts. It’s about two knitting books I purchased and what they made me think about when I was looking at these books. I learned so […]
On April 15th, I am opening the pre-orders on my newest book, Lithuanian Knitting Continuing Traditions on Pubslush, a crowdfunding platform for books. I’ll also be offering a free preview of the book including three patterns. To celebrate the completion of this eight-year-long project, I am going to be reposting some of my favorite blog posts about […]
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know I’m still alive. If you just follow my blog, I’m sorry for disappearing for so long. I hope to get back to posting regularly starting next week, when I arrive in England! I have SO much I want to write about, but after taking a […]
I’ll be doing a few posts about knitted-on borders for shawls. This is the first part of that series. I’m also working on a little tutorial on how you know if you’ll be joining the border on the RS or WS rows, whether you need a setup row, and if you should have RS or […]
From the runways of designer fashion shows, the shelves of couture and discount clothing stores, and the pages of magazines about art, fashion, and design, Rome fed this second obsession of mine in a way it hasn’t been fed in years. Wherever I looked, I saw knitting being used, sold, and worn.
In Stories In Stitches 4: Knitting and Spirit, guest designer and writer Susan Santos introduced us to mandalas in art, spirituality, and knitting with a fabulous essay and a knitted mandala blanket. I recently had a chat with her to find out more about her interest in mandalas as well as her background and projects […]
How does pi shawl shaping work? The geometry of pi shawls is only possible because of the stretchiness of knitting. That is, the ratio between the diameter and the circumference is constrained by math, but the ability to work large sections without increasing is only allowed because the knitting is malleable. Basic Pi Shawl: For a […]
In memory of Leonard Nimoy, who died today at 83 and who did live long and prosper, I would like to repost an article I wrote quite some time ago for Skepchick.com Why I am not a Skeptic If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, where do skeptics come from? Some would […]