Comedian sleeves

I’m pretty sure these sleeves are playing a joke on me. Check out how slanted they are: This has happened to me before. I don’t know if it’s just the moss stitch, or because I knit continental, or what. My Minimalist Cardigan had the same issue with...

School daze

While I’m not taking classes, I am subject to the nimiety of new students. The campus I work at has about 25,000 students that attend, so when fall starts, the somewhat quiet town gets quite an energetic onslaught. You might guess how I cope with this. Last...

Many balls in the air, only some of them yarn.

What a week!… I’ve been alternating between excitement, anticipation, nervousness, fear, and fatigue. I think this whole dissertation reality is setting in. It will be fun, but also a tremendous amount of work. I know some of you out there feel my pain....

Make it your own

I’m enraptured with Gemini. I don’t think it makes me a boring person to admit that some of the projects I adore most are the ones with row after row of stockinette. I am hooked on the rhythm of this project. I love sitting still, catching up on some True...

Pop of color

It’s been rainy and somewhat dreary here, but since it’s summer it feels like you’re walking through hot water when it’s not rain with the absurd level of humidity. I am grateful that we’re getting more rain than last year, because rain...

Beatnik boo boo

Can you see my mistake? I posted this on Instagram (I’m knitten) and it wasn’t immediately obvious to some, but I’ve been staring these cables down for about 10 inches, so it glared at me. The top cable isn’t crossed. Oy. I frogged an entire...