If Chicago's rainy streak doesn't break soon, I'm afraid I'll break out in moss. Everyone passing the café window is bent fo...

I've been sorely in need of a dress form. Not a mannequin–which is meant to display finished clothing–but a dress form, which is used to...

When I was out at Madrona I saw an uncommonly large amount of jaw-dropping knitting, including a glittering heap of works by Betsy Hershber...

One of the things I very much enjoy about writing a column for Knitty is that the lady in charge over there usually lets me muck about unsup...

There comes a time in every man's life when he must stop and take stock. I have done so. With regret I find that knitting just doesn...

The voices in my head have started shouting again. Video transcript follows.

...that sound like positions left out of the Kama Sutra, if you are in the proper frame of mind. The Andean Bracelet The Bottom Whorl The B...

This arrived for Harry while he was away at a three-week Winter Yarn Camp in Texas. Apparently the incident at Windsor is remembered fondly...

The first of the pair of self-striping Goth Socks is complete. I have deadlines circling like sharks, but I allowed myself to work on it as ...

It has taken me fully a week to recover from the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat. It may be premature to speak of "full" recover...

I flew to Tacoma, Washington yesterday morning* to teach at the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat , which kicks off in just an hour. I'm...

Time was when I could have called myself a monogamous knitter: one project at a time. Okay, sometimes two; but the projects always knew abou...

I know I’m in Texas, because I can see a Lone Star flag out the window. Make that four Lone Star flags. Query: Is it accurate to call it a “...

First there was some Shetland wool I liked very much. I recall distinctly that I bought this yarn from two different suppliers ( Schoolhouse...

Cripes, what a pushy bunch. I take time out from a rare family holiday to write a post with photos of a finished project *and what happens? ...

We have been making things. Abigail and her mother have been making cookies. Those cookies . I have already had it up to my proto-Gandalfian...