1. Whoops. 2. If only I'd had more time to browse. 3. I got kind of a sick thrill when the lady at the cash desk staggered back and said...

First, a follow-up to the previous post . The lovely people at Schoolhouse Press graciously allowed me to spend some alone time with the sam...

I'm at Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp, watching a parade of projects that will be included in an upcoming book from Schoolhouse Press ...

Talk to any professional artist or designer you can find (seedy bars and discount grocery stores are good places to look) and chances are th...

The First Fall 2010 issue of Knitty is live, and my contribution to the potluck is Flo , a little elephant with an interesting history. My ...

...it was the custom for American citizens to read aloud, on this day, the document that started it all: The Declaration of Independence. I ...

I envy bloggers who manage to post reports of their travels while their return flight is still on the tarmac. What's more, their trips i...

I distinctly remember saying to someone, once, just a few years ago, "I love knitting so much. Gosh, I love knitting. I love knitting s...

Those nice people over at Lorna's Laces have a new yarn coming out in fall. I can't tell you what it's called, because it doesn...

1. The Tea Cups at Disneyland. 2. Ann Coulter's "logic." 3. The edging on this new design for a shawl.

This afternoon I've been knitting at the neighborhood coffee shop where I do so much work we've begun to call it my Field Office. Th...

I came home from the studio yesterday and Harry me at the front door wearing a fright wig made of silver tinsel and holding a large brush fr...

Hollywood, CA. Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese today confirmed rumors that he will direct Triumph of the Wool , the long-awaited cin...

For the parents of the dozens of little children on spring break who keep sneezing and coughing on me. Whatever I catch from those ill-bred ...

So this morning I was at O'Hare again, this time heading west to Seattle. I've flown enough lately that I can now go through uppity ...

The last time I changed apartments, the moving crew was deeply amused to find that I had five smallish pieces of furniture, eight huge bookc...