The Next Big Knitting Craze We’ve seen it before – a celeb pops up wearing some trendy garment and suddenly EVERYONE wants to own it, wear it, make it! Well, jump ahead of the pack and whip up Jen’s blanket (aka Jen’s faux burkha) I think she worked this up on the bus from Georgia…
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!
ER Memo TO: Michael CrightonFROM: Annie ModesittRE: Plotline for ER Michael – I had an idea for an ER segment which would appeal to a new audience. A woman develops an infection in her hand (finger, thumb) through no fault of her own (perhaps while getting a manicure?) and comes into the ER when the…
4 am … and I am up with this throbbing pain. It was so bad yesterday that Gerry wanted to take me to the emergency room. I’ve been entertaining myself with online disaster stories of missing digits due to manicure mishaps. I’ve been getting manicures for over 20 years and this has never happened. The…
Wounded And right where it hurs – my right thumb! Is there a digit that is used more than the stalwart right thumb? Especially if one knits, crochets and writes for a living? Whilst in LA I thought I’d do the West Coat thing and get a mani/pedicure. Sure, my feet look great – and…
Back to a Sort of Normal Finally, two weeks after arriving home from my extended 2 week teaching trip, I’m almost back to my old energy level. Granted, my ‘normal’ level of energy is probably overdrive for many folks, but it’s the speed at which I’m comfortable. Too fast and I crash, too slow and…
I’ve Created a Monster! Some of you may wonder why I’m not posting photos like I used to… Ever since I’ve switched to OSX I feel as though I’m using someone else’s computer – things are hard to find, it’s just not as intuitive as I remember. There are pluses – some apps work better…
Balance Two things happened in the past few days that make me reflect on my journey to the land of established hand knit designers (are we there yet?) 1. I was approached by VK and by a yarn company to either resubmit something I’d sent in months ago (which was rejected at the time) or…
The Silence of the Crash I flew into Newark last Tuesday night (and boy, were my arms tired), took a cab ride home and was in bed by 10:30. I can hardly express how wonderful it felt to wake up the next morning to the hugs and kisses of my kids (they actually had to…
Held up… Here I sit at LAX, it’s almost noon and obviously there’s been a delay in my 8:30 flight. Just think, I could have been tooling around in the sunshine instead of lugging my laptop case and heavy travel handbag around! I stayed with friends in Culver City last night (about 10 minutes from…
Bottles of Water and a Tin Foil Jacket I feel as though I’ve just finished a marathon – and I didn’t even carbo load before! When last I wrote I was in Encinitas, feeling much better and preparing to drive up the coast to LA for classes. Somehow in my nyquil/theraflu induced stupor I forgot…