I recently photographed Knitter 0119 for the 1,000 Knitters Project . You may have heard of her: Charlene Schurch, author of Sensational Kni...

The Cavalcade of Completion continues with Mom's Möbius. It has the distinction of being the only thing I've ever finished twice. I ...

So, I have this little album devoted to photos of my niece, Abigail. I call it the Abigallery. If you visit my apartment for longer than thi...

Back in the spring of 2005, when this blog had only been around for about a month, I wrote a screedish little entry about how my search for ...

Dolores is off to Kankakee and I have a bit of free time on my hands, so I'm engaging in some long-overdue renovations to The Panopticon...

The recent spate of finishing chez Panopticon continues. To be more precise, I continue to focus on finishing things. I wish I could blame ...

I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe I'm going through a compulsive phase. Maybe I'm getting too much sleep. Maybe the M...

Some projects are epics, and when they're finished you stand there blinking and thinking "I made that?" Some projects are more...

Sometimes you have to ask the difficult questions, even when you're pretty sure you won't like the answers. "Dolores," I s...

That's the sound of my mood hitting the concrete floor of the bunker I work in after a really lovely weekend. I haven't much time th...

Hey! Newbie! Yeah, you , with the half-finished hat and the goofy grin on your face, and the itty-bitty stash that still fits in a wicker ba...

It's confirmed, kids! I'll be shooting on Sunday, August 12, 2007 in the Marketplace at Stitches Midwest from 10 am-3 pm. I'd l...

I'm knitting again, an indication that systems are returning to normal. For the most part, I'm able to live by Elizabeth Zimmermann...

Now then, where were we? About three weeks ago, I started noticing occasional visits to The Panopticon via Ravelry . If you knit, and you...

Hi. It's Dolores. You're gonna have to hear from my today because His Royal Shortness is still not up to writing. He wanted me to sa...

Let none say I've not done my utmost. I've swallowed my shyness, learned to speak up, put in my time at the gym. Moisturized and buf...

So listen, if you're interested in hearing me shoot off my mouth about a topic I don't normally dwell on in here, check out my inter...

I'm thunderstruck by the comments on the shawl and thank you all very much. Of course, the weekend was not about the christening shawl ,...

The "Four Wishes for Abigail" shawl was knit for the christening of my niece, Abigail Ann, which took place on July 22, 2007. The ...

Four Wishes for Abigail has now been blocked. More photos (including action shots from the christening) and the full dossier on the projec...