Author: Annie

I spent the day playing catch up for lost time over the past 2 days. Add to that the need to finish the wire book manuscript and get THAT out the door to the editor and a busted printer (I am ready to re-enact the scene from Julia where Jane Fonda throws the typewriter out…

Max came downstairs this morning with the annoucement he isn’t going to eat today. What he has to atone for, I have no idea, but we’ll see how long this lasts (I’m betting until 10:30…) Rain, rain, rain. Moving on… Yesterday I attended Day 1 of the Knitting with Wire photo shoot – wow! WOW!…

It’s just disgusting outside. Rainy, floody, windy – yech. The good news is, maybe this weather system will inspire me to create a new sweater… The bad new is, I have to go into NYC today for a photo shoot. Usually I LOVE going into the city – adore it! I love taking the train,…

My cousin sent me this – apparently it’s a woman walking to raise money to find a cure for breast cancer (yea!) but it also looks like a new Superhero(ine) SELECTRICACreated fully formed from the brain of an IBM Selectric Correcting typewriter, traveling through time and cyberspace from one computer to another, our valient heroine…

My classes this weekend were wonderful – great students, excellent questions and I think folks left with a clearer understanding of how a knit stitch is made and why wrapping yarn in a different direction can change everything. I get so jazzed when I have a great class – right now you can call me…

Guess what my feedback was about… Burn, baby, burn!

I’m trying to photograph the dogs I run into wearing my sweaters as often as I can. My neighbor’s dog – Cisco – is a most excellent model, so I’ve slapped him onto some mugs and bags – with the men who knit website, of course… Tomorrow I go to Maryland, but first I need…

My daughter and her friends, on a dragon in October So the fun was intense, the day was gorgeous, and upon returning home mothers and daughters performed one handed cartwheels in the backyard (I watched) A great day! I’ve been so busy that I’ve been neglecting the blog – sorry! The man/dog book is going…

So here’s something that makes me a little nuts… I teach knitting for a good part of my income – I love it, love my students, love the yarn shops – very happy and very lucky. But sometimes things aren’s so sanguine. Right now I’m experiencing a bit of a boost from some good mentions…

Marty was a member of our local knitting group – we call ourselves the Yarrrn Pirates – and was loved by all of us. She passed quite suddenly and I was stunned to receive a package from a friend of hers with a note to that effect and a few lovely squares she’d worked up…