I’m home! It was so much fun and I still haven’t taken it all in yet. There was a great deal to see and to learn. A presentation on the new book that XRX will have available this November, Victorian Lace, has me on the edge of my seat. I cannot wait for this to […]

Whew! I’m exhausted and ready for a vacation. I’ve been vacuuming and doing laundry. I even dusted. What is it about leaving for a few days that prompts this huge need to have a clean house? I think it’s because I know that when I get home, I will be […]

“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” - Jane Howard
The biggest surprises are the ones you do not expect. They aren’t always good, I’ll admit. But they are always big, in emotion, if not physical size.
A […]

“I never knit a swatch!” If I was starting gloves, hats, or a scarf - I reasoned that the item was so small that the start of it would in and of itself constitute a swatch. If I was starting a sweater, well than I’d start the sleeve. Again, same thought process.
Fate is ugly business. […]

It is gray skies here at Chez Jae. I’m not complaining. The yard could use the rain and I could use the continued break for the extreme heat.

Do you remember when you first decided to learn how to knit? Do you remember why you wanted to learn?
I have been knitting for more than eight years. Actually, it’s closer to nine. It was only recently that I found an old journal that could pin point the date to within a given month. A […]