Pattern Release: Sand Ripples Shawl

The Sand Ripples Shawl features a lovely bi-colored cable pattern, complementary lace edging, and short-rowed garter stitch body. I love this one!  I’ll likely be sending it off to Anzula for their trunk shows (which means you all may get the chance to see it...

WIP: Fibre Company Cumbria Fingering Shawl

The Fibre Company Cumbria Fingering Shawl (it’ll get a real name soon!)vis the first of two shawls I’m trying to get finished up before summer TNNA (early/mid June 2016). It’s a modified garter stitch tab shawl, sort of like a Faroese shaped shawl,...

Book Review (Non-Knitting): The Water-Saving Garden

I have a special interest in drought-tolerant gardens. Our entire front yard (and minuscule side/backyard) is full of California native plants, all of them drought tolerant.  One of the first things we did when we bought our current house was to have the lawn ripped...