OK - as you see from my oh so exciting and innovative title - the yarn is here, after a call to the vendor (oops, they thought they’d already shipped it), and the second set of Boye interchangeable needles are here after a long drawn-out eBay battle (you don’t want to know), and the book [...]

I don’t know what it was about this pattern that struck me as so funny and cute.  I’m normally not at all about the “cute”.  But the little family of knitted ducks in this book just did it for me.  So with a minimum of knitting and a lot of sewing up (I hate sewing!), [...]

I just have to throw a quick note up here with a Happy Birthday to my baby, Hayley, who’s 10 today.  10 - UGH - I’m getting old.  The terrible mom in me absolutely forgot her birthday this morning, and didn’t remember until I was at work and looked at a calendar.  Of course I [...]

I fell in love with Meema’s Marsupial Tote from SnB the first time I saw it.  I especially loved the little attached pouch!  I knew I’d get around to it one day, and it’s finally done.  It seemed like the world had conspired against this bag from the start - needle problems, lack of time, [...]

I thought about holding a contest to see who (besides Tricia) could tell me what this object is.  However, since I have like 2 visitors to my blog, there’s probably no point.  Anyway, if you’ve come here and are trying to figure this out, here’s the story.  My husband is a huge MINI Cooper fanatic.  [...]

Happy 4th of July to everyone.  Please take a moment today to think about the freedoms we have in this country, and the men and women who have helped defend those freedoms.
FO to report - my first pair of Sockotta socks (please excuse the very white legs in the picture - I just don’t tan).  [...]

OK - first - the name.  A “nik” is someone who’s known for or associated with something - i.e. a “peacenik”.  And of course we all know what knitting is - playing with pointy sticks and loops of yarn to make really cool stuff.  So - a knitnik is one who is known for knitting [...]