Author: Annie

Funk-eee I got the nicest email from a reader, Sue, last night: I love you Annie Modesitt! I received my copy over the week-end and I finally sat down with it last night. Why the h*ll haven’t I used this method before?? I made cables last night WITHOUT a cable needle and there were NO…

Pet or Meat?I’m not making our Yarrrn Pirate’s group tonight because we have a new family member. The rabbit lives! I was studiously ignoring the neighborhood children who were trying to get my attention Rotton kids, I’m trying to count! Apparently Butkis, our older cat, had gone after his 4th rabbit in as many days…

The Happiest Morgue on Earth It’s been stupid hot here, as you all know, becuase I keep harping on that. S T U P I D H O T. So tempers are frayed, folks aren’t venturing out of their A/C lairs and the weatherman looks cool as a cucumber. They live for this. At least…

Itchy and Scratchy I am a Poison Ivy magnet. I don’t actually have it myself, mind you, but two other folks I’ve come in contact with have developed killer cases on their arms. Maybe I just like outdoorsy types? At any rate, your comments and suggestions are excellent – and my husband is much happier….

Endless Ends I’ve arrived at the part of the swatching process that is so boring – weaving in the ends – not one of my favorite occupations. But weave I must, and I have about 8 swatches so far with multiple ends to be woven. Luckily, this morning is Hannah’s 3rd Grade Recorder Concert, so…

Yarn River … wider than a mile…I’m wading through the huge plastic buckets of Classic Elite yarn (I keep yarn from each company in it’s own separate giganto-snap lid container – a different one for summer and winter yarns if necessary) and I’m at the point of designing an Aran Mae West to keep my…

Perspective A huge thanks to all of you who wrote to me privately or commented – you really helped me put things in perspective. I know it’s a little crazy, gutsy, self-involved to go on about jealousy – but it’s a big part of what I was dealing with yesterday (as a designer) so I…

The VaporsI feel languid, lazy and hot. Last night I taught in my gazebo – a small class, but a lovely class – and I’m VERY proud of one of my students who completed a hat from my book Knitting Millinery. She seriously doubted if she could do it at the start, but she did!…

LightningLast night there was a bright shock of white and a loud boom simultaneously outside our front door. It was startling. Later on the news I heard that just a few blocks away one of our lovely shingle style homes here in South Orange had been hit and badly damaged by fire caused by the…

Missing TNNAI won’t be going out to Columbus this weekend for TNNA, which really makes me kind of sad. I’d love to go – it’s so good to connect with the whole knitting world (and crochet & needlepoint, etc.) but after traveling this past week – and with teaching commitments away from home the last…