We had a rather lovely late winter here in the Albuquerque area, with lots of days in the 60s and 70s and plenty of our trademark sunshine. We even had our first knitting group lunch of the season on the outdoor patio of a favorite local restaurant well over a month ago. So naturally I […]Read Post ›
Of course it all started with the pussy hats. I duly made one of those and wore it to my local Women’s March, and blogged about it here. Then it was announced that there would be a March for Science, to be held on Earth Day, April 22. So naturally there had to be a hat […]Read Post ›
All I’ve wanted to do all winter is stay home, drink tea, work on my charity knitting and listen to escapist audiobooks. But the prospect of spring is once again working its magic–and if I am to move on to spring tops and dresses, the things that I cut out months ago have to be […]Read Post ›
Elizabeth Zimmerman once said that people would wear anything on their heads, and she was right: Principles before dignity. Let’s hope this doesn’t have to become a wardrobe staple going forward.
When it comes to spinning, I am entirely dependent on my dear spinning group–Deb, Kay and Kate–for motivation. I can hardly even do it by myself, because it’s just too relaxing. Once I nodded off and fell off my chair. So it’s not just that my group keeps me inspired, which they do; it’s that […]Read Post ›
I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I certainly did, but I AM glad to be back to my routine, otherwise known as Making Stuff. I had hoped to finish the sweater pictured above by Christmas, but a tendinitis flare-up slowed me down. (That’ll teach me to knit for five hours straight just […]Read Post ›
Everything I am doing lately is blue–cool, soothing, almost-neutral blues. For me, it’s sort of the sartorial equivalent of comfort food, like macaroni and cheese. Both of my knitting projects right now are predominantly blue, and I am in the middle of a run of denim and chambray projects in the sewing room. Things that […]Read Post ›
My favorite form of escapism over the past week has been to knit while listening to audiobooks–preferably British mysteries. I voted early–and not, be it clearly understood, for the Vicious Orange Troglodyte. Then I did a reasonably good job of keeping my head in the sand until the bitter end of election night, thanks to […]Read Post ›
I haven’t been slacking; I’ve been working away on two knitting projects, but the sad fact is that they are going to take a long time. I also made a denim skirt, but it will have to wait for its photo shoot because Mildred is too short to model it. (And did she throw a […]Read Post ›
I was catching up on blogs this morning, and enjoyed a post by Emily over at Self Assembly Required!. It’s the sewing version of one of those social media Q and A games, where you are to share the answers to random questions, and your friends are to post their answers, and so on. I’ll play, and […]Read Post ›
