They warn you about this day in Uncle School. They tell you there's no way to avoid it, but not to fear it. Just be prepared, they say. ...

When you are sitting in a coffee shop working on an entry about the amazing stuff you saw at Stitches Midwest, and you look up what you know...

1. Denial. "I really don't care if I never knit a pattern by Herbert Niebling. Hundreds of millions of people are born, live and di...

My reputation as an ass-kicking, macho all-American he-man precedes me; so I need not explain how excited I was to find myself with a legiti...

Transcription of a séance conducted this afternoon chez Panopticon. Present in body: Dolores Van Hoofen Franklin Habit Harry Bollasockyarn ...

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...