Back to School! Well, the kids are FINALLY going back to school today! Last week they only attended school TWO days, Monday was a teacher prep day, Thursday and Friday were weather days, so today Hannah got up on the bus for the first time since last Wednesday. Whew! I love having them home, but…
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!
Lost As I’ve mentioned before, ever since last year’s surgery I tend to get lost pretty easily. This is an annoyance for most folks – for me it’s a source of severe frustration and sometimes panic. I used to have such a good sense of direction that my husband would joke I had a metal…
Out the Door! I just had to add this! A good friend (the Alison for whom the Alison Scarf is named) just gave Hannah the pop-up Alice in Wonderland by Robert Sabuda. You have to visit his website for instructions on how to make pop-ups – he’s amazing! Here’s a link to a radio interview…
Wired! WHAT a tremendous class yesterday at Urban Knitter! Thank heaven for Alison – who was a great help – she made the class seem as if there were half the number! The students themselves were outstanding! Everyone finished their necklaces, everyone did such creative things with their beads and I think everyone left very…
Running It takes so much time and effort to put together a class – and I always forget how much! Constantly underestimating the amount of work involved – that’s what they should put on my tombstone. I spent a good part of today running errands – silly things, stuff that must be finished. Buying wire,…
FULL I got the word today that my knitting with wire class at Urban Knitter has 16 students – YEOW! Luckily, I have a most excellent knitting friend, Alison, who took the wire class with me before, is an established teacher and will help me with the class. Woohoo! FYI – Alison is teaching a…
I Rock! It occured to me that the rockers I love the best are the ones I grew up listening to, which is kind of sad and kind of nice. Love Elvis (C) and Chrissy (H) – loves em. Well, I have to add a new band – Bubble – because I got the greatest…
Back to the Grind… Up at 7:00, feed and dress the kids, feed the pets, morning chores, walking Hannah to the bus – well, we’re back to the old routine! Today is Brownies (woo hoo!) and then knitting at the Dancing Goat this evening at 7:00. Hopefully some of you can join me there! I…
Naturally Curly I’ve been getting an amazing amount of queries lately on how to keep knit fabric from curling when knitting a flat item like a scarf or the edge of a blanket. Below is a link to a pdf file where I outline my magic rule (dare I say commandment?) for non curling knit…
Remiss… Or is that with one “s”? Anyway, I should have mentioned this earlier as – not only is it about knitting in New Jersey, but it’s also my DAUGHTER’S SCHOOL and I volunteered quite a bit with the program last Spring. I haven’t been able to give much time this Fall, but hope to…