Although I'm not late, I'm in a ripping hurry. But I hate not checking in for so long, and as it happens there's news and some k...

I have too much to do right now. I'm not worried, though, as my calculations indicate that I can easily nail every deadline on the calen...

Today in the United States we celebrated Independence Day–the anniversary of our country's formal split with Mother England. It was a g...

Dolores’s occasional series of author/designer interviews continues today with Kristen Rengren , author of an absolutely splendid new book ...

With all due respect to Mr. Aesop and his one-note tortoise, I'm not entirely convinced that "slow and steady" always wins the...

While I await the return of my film (yes, film) from the lab so that I can do a proper post about this weekend's rip-snorting good time ...

Knitting lace, I have noticed, is like raising a child. You begin the undertaking with an equal mixture of trepidation, excitement, and anti...

I don't know about you, but I can't knit all the time. Not that the idea isn't attractive in theory, but in practice it doesn...

I was walking down Fremont Street today when I heard a weird chattering coming from overhead. I looked up and saw a squirrel running down th...

As I write this the view beyond the window is temporarily sunlit, through a tiny break in a bank of clouds otherwise as gray, threatening an...

You know that yarn is running your life when you're watching a documentary about Lizzie Borden , and you rush to pause the DVD for a cl...

It’s unthinkable for an American male of my age to say this, but it’s true: I do not, as a rule, care for science fiction. I learned years a...

There once was a knitter named Nell Who knit lace like a bat out of Hell. Said the lass, “My technique Turns out three shawls a week: Do it ...

I've reached the ankle of the still-nameless sock that was inspired by a wallpaper from Upstairs, Downstairs . You must pardon the photo...

I realized recently that I’ve been doing this needles-and-string act long enough to perceive, for the first time, certain trends in my outpu...