Anne had a wine and dye party at her house on Saturday. I didn’t think I was going to be able to go at first, but then at the last minute my schedule miraculously cleared itself, so I went. I was late, so though there was still plenty of food, it was a bit ravaged.

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My little sock-naming poll got a lot of attention last week: 53 votes! Thank you one and all for helping me to decide the name of my new sock pattern. The clear winner with 33 votes is Kicking Leaves. The runner up was Autumn Trails with a mere ten votes. What’s more, I like the […]

I pulled Nicole out of her corner the other day, draped a cream-colored sheet over her, and had her pose for some shots with a couple of my shawls. In the Woods looks better than ever when on a proper model, instead of in front of the glass bricks, or on the table. Don’t you […]

It seems like it’s been forever since I posted—only the one post on Monday this week. Pathetic. It’s been a busy week. I’ve been getting patterns and revisions into the hands of my test knitters, knitting, running errands, voting, trying to make hotel and airline reservations for stuff in January (some of these attempts have […]

Our Monday night knitting group went on a field trip on Saturday. We got together and went to three somewhat local yarn shops: Twist and Beach Knitting in Manhattan Beach, and A Mano in Los Angeles after lunch in Culver City. Twist was our first stop, and was by far everyone’s favorite yarn shop. The […]