One down!

I’m using KnitPicks City Tweed HW and just loving it;  it’s incredibly soft & luscious to work with.  This is a very quick knit;  the cable patterns are easy to memorize (with the exception of the heart heel flap, which is nonetheless logical).
Poppies are already blooming in our yard….hoping to get some nice pics [...]

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The pattern is up on Knit Picks here!  Very excited.   I mailed in the Dave socks earlier this week — they’ll take pics as well — then return the socks.

I should be getting yarn for Klahhane soon, as well as for the Dad Socks and Sw’Elegant.  I also have a couple other patterns in [...]

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A large number of designers on Ravelry, including myself, have pledged to donate varying proceeds from pattern sales to relief efforts in Hait. You can see the list here.

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….albeit not a very well paying job, it’s now a job.
I got a whiff of this when I did the 2009 Christmas knitting extravaganza. Knitting to a deadline, limited to things that, though I did pick out things I was fine knitting, weren’t possibly my first choice for that moment in time.
I’ve submitted some [...]

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…is live!
This is one of my favorite projects I’ve designed, I think because of the combination of practicality (very warm & wearable) and prettiness. I really love the picot hems — I think they give the mitten a more tailored/finished look.

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…got all tossed out the window.  It’s now Jan 1oth.
I was going to finish the current Galileo mitt, my Polar Chullo, continue working on Manzanita, and the current Lau sock…..then bring Manzanita & Lau with me on our trip to visit my parents in Austin.
However, I ended up walking into a tree branch Tuesday [...]

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It’s hard to come up with an idea for a small change.   We’ve done a fair amount of things already:

solar panels
tankless water heater
tore up our lawn, replaced primarily with natives
growing some of our own produce in earthboxes on the roof
replaced nearly all bulbs with CFLs
use cloth napkins instead of paper
shop for produce at the FM
buy [...]

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