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It has been too hot and I’ve been too busy with other projects to knit. So I’m writing about something that has been rattling around in my head lately.

Watching The Sparkle Girl develop her personality, acquire language and skills, and generally begin the process of becoming the person she will eventually be in this […]

It’s an amazing act of evolution or creation (or whatever your belief is on this subject, not to be debated here thank you) that human babies are born with really bendy heads so that they can fit through the birth canal.  According to Dr. Harvey Karp (Happiest Baby on the Block) they are really born […]

The traveling sweater continues.  All that 2×2 ribbing is a little hypnotizing and I put it down for a little while.  I’m almost through the first of four giant skeins.    Here you can see the original size and how much it made (nice bonus of Mt. Hood in the background).

You’ll notice how it curves, a […]

After popular demand (well, my friend Jana asking anyway) I’ve decided to tell the Gory Memorial Day Poop Story.  If you are at all squeamish just stop here.  Trust me.  This is a story my father wouldn’t have been able to take without turning green.  He could hardly change my diaper without passing out the […]

There are parenting stories that I’m interested in posting but had not done so yet because I wanted to keep the focus of this blog on knitting.  I’ve decided to not worry about it and share all the glorious, gross and goofy stuff that comprises my daily life with the Sparkle Girl.  That means there […]

The cute booties were mailed and Sparky’s co-worker loved them.  Yay!

The basket of project kits has been a great success.  When I ran out of yarn on the green vest I quickly picked up another project.  I also found a better pattern for one of the projects and was able to quickly match it with […]

Last Saturday a giant group of Seattle-area knitters hopped on Amtrack to Portland for their annual Yarn Crawl.  This is such a boon to our fabulous local yarn stores during a traditionally slow month and it is a fun day for everyone involved.  I joined a big group of local knitters to welcome our kindred […]

So, I started a post the other day but then Little Miss Grabby Hands thought my keyboard was the most interesting thing in the world and kablooey the long post was gone.  My fault because I didn’t save along the way.  And it was a little overlong anyway.  Let’s try this again!

The New Year is […]

So when I wrote that last post I was going to write about a scarf I had just made as well as a hat and booties.  These are all gifts for people and that got me thinking about the nature of gifting and then I just dove headfirst down that rabbit hole.  It’s funny that […]

I get a daily newsletter from Interweave Knits.  Most days it is just promoting the pattern archives, new books, their magazines, etc.  Often there are articles on specific patterns in the new magazines or techniques.  Today’s talked about weaving in ends.  An end is what happens when you finish one skein and need to add […]