Hello and hi and so glad to see you! I am finally beginning to feel like myself again. The wonders of antibiotics. And, I have some knitting to show you. TaDa-- It is my first Wingspan. I have been idly thinking of making one of these for a while now. It hits so many of my sweet spots- garter stitch, interesting shaping, not a major commitment. What with one thing and another I had just ... Continue Reading
Wordy Wednesday
Well. Happy 2012! I hope you all had a great holiday season and are going into the year refreshed and rarin' to go. Me, not so much. I have had some sort of low-grade virus (upper respiratory) since the day after Christmas and it has knocked me for a loop. I usually love the New Year and am ready to sweep holiday decorations away and start with a clean slate. That will have to wait, I think, ... Continue Reading
Bless Us, Everyone!
Things have been busy here with the usual holiday doings. I am finished with gift buying/making, now for the wrapping! My daughter and I went to a lovely concert on Sunday, the Children's Chorus of Washington. Sixteen years ago she was a member of the first chorus so the program was not only lovely in it's own right but layered over with memories of other concerts when the young woman next to ... Continue Reading
Five times Two on Thursday
Things are moving right along here in Harper and Figg land. The Honey Cowl is off the needles and blocking. I think it is going to work. Other knitting is moving along apace and I will have one more pattern for you before the end of the year. In the meantime, how about a little Ten on Thursday. Or rather, five times two. Because I can't seem to think of ten of anything right now and I don't ... Continue Reading
PMTA*
I have recently developed a tool I call the *Personal Mistake Threshold Analyzer, or PMTA, that will revolutionize knitting forever. You may not know it but every knitter has a Personal Mistake Threshold. We all get to the point where we say bad things to our knitting and throw it in a corner. Or want to, if you are more mature than I am. The PMT is the thing that determines whether we go pick ... Continue Reading
Thar She Blows!
I am not sure I have shared the depth of my admiration/knit-crush on Ann Weaver. She is cool. Her patterns--beyond cool. I want to be her when I grow up. Except that I am almost old enough to be her mother. Oh, well. In my next life maybe. Ann was at Rhinebeck with copies of her newest book, White Whale, Volume II and I snagged a copy. It continues her exploration of Moby Dick, begun ... Continue Reading