I don't know if I've mentioned here before that I produce a monthly illustrated essay for none other than Lion Brand Yarns. Have I m...

Remember Ethel? You may or may not, it's been a while since I wrote about her. She came into my life via a tray of miscellaneous j...

The newest issue of Twist Collective was published yesterday. My contribution is a paean to Elizabeth Zimmermann's knitting videos, plus...

I've been taking a multi-week course in bookbinding. This will surprise absolutely nobody who knows me well and has therefore heard me...

I am nothing if not easily distracted. What's below is the kind of thing that creeps into my notebooks when I am supposed to be doing se...

I taught at Vogue Knitting LIVE! Chicago once again this year, and it's always kind of a kick to do a gig in my own town. No jet lag, no...

I was in Seattle, enjoying a weekend of lectures and classes at Makers' Mercantile , when a long-time reader came forward with a magnif...

A dear friend recently gave me a magnificent present that deserves (and will get) its own entry. But tucked inside this gift was a piece of ...

My favorite quote by the late Maya Angelou isn't from one of her poems, and in fact there's not even a trace of it (that I can find)...

I wish I had something poetic to say about the wonderful Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, who has just died; but I don't. Instead, I can tell ...

At present I am aboard the Cunard liner Queen Victoria , sailing from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale via the Panama Canal. If you'...

You may not know that the chief residents of our little household are all on Twitter. I am @franklinhabit. Dolores is @doloresvanh. Harry is...

I'm in Madison, Wisconsin. This weekend was the local (enormous) guild's annual Knit-In, and they asked me to come up and do a bunch...

I decided that before one of this week's finished pieces goes to its forever home, it needs a little extra love. Pride in your finishing...

When you design knitting patterns for multiple clients, part of the deal is sending in your finished patterns using each client's house ...

This month I was out in Tacoma, Washington for one of the grooviest fiber gatherings you'll ever encounter–the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter...

The desk clerk on the second floor at The Strand looked exactly like a Fred Armisen character from Portlandia and I was going to snicker a...

There is no other way to start than with a word of thanks. Your reaction to the bathing drawers was everything I could have wished. Quite a...