We Interrupt This Design Life…Because I suffered a computer problem today and it really set me back! As you may know, I design databases for fun (not necessarily for profit) and I keep all of my design life in my knit projects database. This is tied in to my databases of sketches, swatches, charts, sizing…
Author: Annie
I knit weird and I enjoy showing others how to find the joy and intuitiveness within their OWN knitting!
We don't knit to make THINGS, we knit to make OURSELVES HAPPY!
Strike! As some of you may know, I’m a mystery shopper. I’m not terribly active, but every now and then I get called for a really cool shop, so I go off and do it! This weekend I got a call to do a shop at a disco bowling establishment in NYC, dinner, drinks and…
3 Piece Suit Okay, it’s official. I’m so angry about the thumb pain that I’m considering asking for medical expenses from the salon. I don’t consider this lightly – I’m generally pretty anti-litigious. However this thumb is NOT getting better as it should. The pain is intense and I’ve been asked to be on Knitty…
Lub Dub And now on a more serious vein… As many of you know, last year my older brother, Jim, passed away quite suddenly from a heart attack. I still feel shocked by it – but our father had died the same way almost 30 years ago, so it wasn’t terribly surprising. Over a year…
The Gazebo Is Lithere’s a picture … and I’m sitting here with 10 minutes before my first student – er, guest – arrives for my little soiree this evening. It’s the last class of the session I’ve been teaching at the Maplewood South Orange Adult School this Spring, and instead of spending another rank evening…
On a Curve So for those of you who are wondering what it’s like to take a class with me, I have some evaluations to share! They’re not all stellar – and these are unedited. I just got them from TKGA and I put them together in a handy table so you can see what…
Seams like Old Times And now for some technical content… I was visiting Knitters Review this morning (okay, I was seeking cheap gratification by looking up my name in the search field…) and came across someone having 2 problems with Rev St St. Two problems with Rev Stockinette Stitch 1) Rev St st can look…
MD for MD! What a great weekend! Yarn, yarn, flowers, pancakes and prawns with walnuts! On Saturday the family drove down to MD for the Sheep & Wool Fest – always a great time! The kids took the crochet class (Max wasn’t as into it as I thought he might be, but Hannah really buzzed…
Brief Blog FameWell, for a day or so I knew what it felt like to be a heavily hit-upon blogger, and it was fun! I don’t think I have the energy or capacity to keep up the yukks on a daily basis, but it’s nice to know that when I post something I think is…
Gazebo! We put up a gazebo in our backyard last weekend (between the trip to the ER and the VERY entertaining drugs…) It’s lovely – and I’m sure we’ll be spending a great deal of time in it this summer! It’s actually a rather rectangular object, and gazebo seems too round a word for it….