(Photos are from my WTF Pinterest board.) To take the last post about being buried alive in stuff a step further, and to talk about clothing, I’d like to start with a poem. Below that, some further thoughts on making our own clothes and how that may just be the key to saving the world. […]
Category Archives: Writing
When you know the person who gave you a recipe, be it for baking cookies or knitting a sweater, you don’t need all the details written down. What the prevalence of line-by-line, hand-holding knitting patterns tells me, is the sad story that we aren’t passing down our skills from grandmother to mother to daughter any […]
I’ve got another book to tell you about today. This one’s about skill building and style. The book is “Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues” by Audrey Knight.
My friend Rohn Strong has written a book about knitting in WWI and WWII. The book includes historical essays, personal stories, and 19 gorgeous patterns. Here Rohn and I talk about the book, knitting, and history (what else!). Enjoy.
All dichotomies are false. There I’ve said it. I was already thinking about the number two yesterday, when I stumbled onto this tweet: Young vs. old, male vs. female, intuition vs. intellect – Susan Sontag on how stereotypes and polarities imprison us j.mp/18iK65H Which leads to: Two Reasons I Don’t Care if Men Knit 1 […]
I don’t like the number two. 2. It looks like such an innocuous, even innocent, number. But looks can be deceiving. I’ve recently gained enough weight for the number I see when I look down while I’m standing on the bathroom scale to begin with a two. I’ve never weighed 200 pounds before. I’ve always […]
Do you feel envious of people who have more money than you do? Do you struggle to “keep up with the Joneses”? Do you feel embarrassed by your too-old car or too-small house that is sorely in need of remodeling? Well, don’t! I’ve gone through different phases in my relationship with money: When I was young, I went to […]
and I love it! Yes, it took me twice as long as normal to get home from my manicure, yes I was driving 45mph on the interstate, yes I skidded a little, yes I have to wear fur-lined boots to keep my feet warm. And, yes, I love all of that! Tomorrow I am leaving […]
or I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date Yesterday morning, driving through the Vermont countryside, I completely forgot that it was my day to post a review of California Revival Knits by Stephannie Tallent, AKA @StephCat on Twitter. I was tempted to toss off a quick review on my iPad and upload it from the airport, […]
Well, I’ve been hiding away working all month and the Lithuanian book is closer than ever to becoming a book.