Today was a really fun (and super sugary–yum!) Spinster’s Club. I took a bunch of pictures without realizing I had no memory card in my camera. Exactly how many times do I need to do that before I learn my lesson? About a dozen and counting, apparently.
Charlene told me about a beekeeping seminar at Flint […]

Thanks to GAUGE for hosting the Harveyville Project Building Scarf this week! This scarf is being knit to wrap around the entire HRHS building for an alt/indie needlework art show in 2012. This baby was hibernating for most of last year, but she’s back out & if you live in Austin, I’d love your help […]

New Art Club fiber this week at artclub.etsy.com!

Okay, this whole not-casting-on-anything-new-until-I’ve-finished-or-frogged-everything-on-the-needles business is KILLING ME!
It’s madding how enticing everything else looks when you’ve got a big fat pile of WIPs taunting you. Worse yet is reknitting the same section of the stupid project because you can’t get the fit right. Right now, I’m working on another sweater for Ron, this one cast […]

Well, I’ve finalized my 2010 Überlist! I’ve got a lot of crafty items on it.
One is:
#36. One substantial knitting project per month–must use Rhinebeck haul EOM
This month, my “one substantial project” is actually another item on the list:
#37. Hunt down and frog or finish all WIP before casting on anything new
So for January, I’m […]

If you’re in Kansas or western Missouri, head out to Wamego tomorrow for Winter Woolfest, organized by the amazing Jennifer Schermerhorn of The Wicked Stitch Yarn & Fiber.
It was great fun last year. It’s free, with tons of free classes. I myself will be teaching thrums and knitting wire, and I’ll also have a booth […]

I’m taking a break from what has become the neverending pattern, Drusilla. I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to post about it, so I’ll just say it’s lovely, rather Victorian, and somewhat goth. And also fucking maddening. Every time I think it’s it’s perfect, I find I’m wrong. But I think I’ve subdued it […]

Happy New Year! You can tell who’s half-empty & who’s half-full by how they feel at the new year. I’m definitely half-full. I love love love the new year! Fresh start, all past failings vanish into a mist and life’s full of promise and potential! Huzzah!
My favorite part of the new year, and the chief […]