Author: Annie

I feel so often like so much of the knitting world passed me by during my 10 years of self imposed hiatus from the craft. Even now, I am at a loss about many of the yarn shops in NYC (of course, I could get my butt into Manhattan once in a while – naaaah,…

In the past few weeks while I’ve been traveling and teaching I’ve also been working on a new sweater for IK (Spring, I think…) – a very simple sweater with some i-cord details (edging, bind off for the neck and i-cord ties) It felt so good last night to do a final block on it,…

Finally it’s ready for public consumption! And this time, with the help of Iris from Artyarns and a sample knitter and excellent pattern checker, I feel pretty secure that it’s relatively error-free. Love that word, relatively. Mwa! I’ll have the pattern up soon – it’s an intermediate/advanced knit, but it’s pretty satisfying and makes a…

I feel much better today. Still have residual cold-ness, but with weather like this, who could feel bad for long? Last night was Halloween – Gerry took the kids around and I manned the front porch (knitting, wrapped in a blanket with a cup of tea and handing out goodies to tiny Ninjas and Princesses…

I taught in DC yesterday at the Destination Knits Retreat and it was a wonderful experience! Laurie Gonyea did a fabulous job of putting together an instructional and very fun day for a group of a dozen knitters. The massages were amazing (even if mine was a little short because I arrived to that portion…

Is there any sight nicer than the Dad loading heavy luggage off of the carousel while Mom basks in the glow of two fine redheads? We were all thrilled to see each other, that’s for sure! This morning at 6:30 (!) the freeway in LA was packed – it looked like evening rush hour and…

Okay, not to be too stalkerish myself, but CAP is just about as wonderful as any of you may have thought. No – MOREso! Shhhhh, don’t tell her, but I’m NOT going home – The cats are finally used to me and I know how to work the shower… More classes, most going stellar. The…

Turning roving into yarn has intriuged me for years, but I’ve never mistressed it – maybe now I will. At any rate, my head, life, travel is all spinning (out of control? I hope not…) so if I just hold the roving still in my hand I’ll end up with a ball of yarn. I’m…

Tip #1 would be – Do not insult an editor if you intend to submit a design. Okay, it seems self evident, one would think. However, I had an amazingly vitriolic email from a woman writing about the 2006 calendar – and then she ends by saying she wants to submit to the 2007 calendar….

I’m visiting a friend – a good friend – with a good husband, nice pets, lovely home, but her computer hates me. I won’t go into it, but when I left to get coffee and returned to the computer in the middle of typing an email the page was filled with haiku-ish gobbledy gook which…