I received this book as a late Christmas gift.  I have flipped through it’s pages so much in just four days that I am surprised the binding has not broken. 
After seeing the preview at Stitches Midwest last summer, I knew I would have a difficult time choosing which pattern to cast on for.  As you can see, […]

Lace homework for week 5 is half done. I need to complete a lace swatch sample. However, the mini-Estonian scarf assignment is lõpetatud, viimistletud, täiuslik, finished.
No starch this week. Seriously, you don’t think I’d starch a scarf?
After class, I was complaining commenting about all the swatches we have to chart and knit. My teacher explained […]

I absolutely love this pattern. It might actually convert me into a doily person. I’m trying to think of a hundred good reasons why I would need to knit a hundred more of versions of this doily. It took me less than 90 minutes to knit the center.

Oh, wait. . . it took me 3 […]

I attended my 4th lace class last night. We are graduating from swatches to doilies. Calling it a doily doesn’t change the fact that I’m still knitting a swatch. A swatch with a purpose, but still a swatch.
We did actually do something last night with the lesson samples we’ve been knitting other than file them […]

Blogger is being stupid! Either that or it has developed allergies to uploading photos.
I wanted to show the progress I have made on the Aran Tweed. One because Marji asked so nicely, and two because that is why you are here. I am not so silly as to think that you are attracted to my […]

I have fallen in love with this after seeing it here.
The end goal of my four month lace class is to design and knit my own lace shawl, scarf, table linen, or whatever-my-heart-desires. Our instructor is very good in not limiting our creativity or enthusiasm. As a class we have lots of that in abundance, […]

Monday came and went with no mail. No bills, no adds, no unsolicited credit card applications. So I thought.
Apparently my father sent a package that was too large for our mailbox. Since the mailman is friends with my husband, he tends to go out of his way for us. Instead of a note telling us […]