In a lot of ways, I failed in February. At least, I failed to reach the final point where I could put a Triumphant Check Mark. But every week or every day I was moving forward on all of these…
Tutorial: Dealing with Really Short Yarn Ends
Congratulations! You played yarn chicken and won! Just barely, but you mastered those last few stitches. Now what? You’ve still got to weave in your ends, right? Step 1: Split the plies apart. Untwist the yarn a little and…
Distractions
Those of you signed up for the newsletter got the exciting news that I would be publishing 5 new hat patterns last week, complete with teaser photos and coupon codes, and you will no doubt have noticed that I am not the…
simple stitches
Stockinette projects are my jam. Particularly stockinette in the round. Wow, do they ever hit the right brain wave frequency for me! Do you think I could possibly could submit my yarn purchases to my insurance as medicinal?
Fixing things
I’m struggling with a few problems. The key problem is that rather than launching my gloriously fun new pattern collection as planned, I’m working on some other designs. I am having a problem with the files and the experts at…
5 ways to make Deep Winter better
February and March need our help. If we don’t help them, they seem to never help us. (At least, not in Canada and not in the prairies. The snow likely won’t melt before April and it won’t be awesome until…
new month, new socks on the (new) needles
Norah George Yarns posted about a Hogwarts House Crest sock yarn club on Instagram. I mentioned it to my sister. Next thing I knew we were talking about how many Canadian dollars equalled a pound. (Thankfully that was before the…
teaching prep
I’ve been teaching more at my local LYS lately: Knit 2 Scrap 2. It’s been fun, and it’s been a good stretch for my skills. I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain things, and in ways that make…
yarn and books in Toronto
We went yarn shopping in Toronto, of course. My husband Rainer makes a point of going and picking up yarn treats for me even when he travels alone. To say that he’s a great non-knitter to shop with is to…
Travel is so Generous
My husband and I had a conference week in Toronto, and it’s become a real treat every year. It’s not a beach vacation, but that’s ok because we’re still getting a break from Manitoba winters and we’re just plain getting a…