Espresso Bean aka Tomato is done…

…finally! I decided to finally finish it up today. I’ll eventually post pics to Flickr & Ravelry. I’m very excited — I found a copy of Scottish Collection on eBay for a decent (relatively speaking) Buy It Now price. It’s a book I...

Lady Eleanora Socks and Fern

I have two new works in progress: the Lady Eleanora socks, for which I’m using some lovely rose handpainted merino from Carol at Black Bunny Fibers, and Starmore’s Fern, for which I’m using some Jaeger Shetland Aran in a lovely green (purchased...

Recent Acquisitions

I couldn’t pass it up. On eBay, someone was selling via Buy It Now the book (This Morning Woolcraft) that includes Starmore’s Marina cardigan pattern and the yarn needed to knit it for an awesome price. Just the yarn would’ve cost more than the Buy...

Library Additions

Yep, been working all week….scarcity of postings! My mom gets to visit me for a few days in June….I’ll get an in-progress critique of Mom’s Angora — trust me, there’s no way I’ll be able to not show her (my issues, not hers!)....

Happy Mail

You know those days you have that are just kinda blah? When something happens at work that annoys the crap out of you? What makes things better (besides a nice glass of some esoteric red Rhone varietal (big fan of Bonny Doon wines) and some See’s candy,...