Tikkun Sweater I’m sure you all remember the infamous screw up sweater? Well, it is screwed up no longer! Last night at the Knitting Meetup I finally started on the sweater – I took the sleeve off of the right front of the cardigan, undid the right shoulder, placed the back shoulder stitches on a…
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!
Imperfect Knitting for an Imperfect World There are deadlines that I sweat over, stress over – make myself nauseus over – and then there are deadlines that are sweet. Finally reaching the end. I turned in sketches and swatches for two magazines this week, one deadline was the former, one was the latter – but…
Brrrrr! It’s friggin’ freezing here today – so darned cold. Check out my little weather pixie (they’re probably not even there, I think they’ve gone inside for a cuppa Joe!) Oh, egads, I just noticed she’s not wearing a coat – what is she nuts? Freelance designing is – at times – like being in…
Marathon Swatching I have mixed feelings about this point in the process. This is when I try to condense all of the design epiphanies I’ve had over the past few weeks into a few swatches – swatches that need to illustrate stitch patterns, color, gauge, general garment construction details (buttonholes, collars, pockets) and must do…
Missing List I want to apologize to my knitting class – I meant to email you guys this week just to see how you’re all doing, but I wasn’t allowed to photocopy the class roster with all of the the email addresses. There’s some rule about not taking personal info out of the Baird Center,…
First, some knitting! A friend’s coming over today to see my “studio” – what a grand word for a dining room full of yarn! I should take a photo of my office (12′ x 6′ room) and post it – I certainly get as much as one CAN out of limited space! Last night I…
View from the Soapbox Caution: No Knitting Content in this post! I’m so troubled by the fact that the rich are getting richer in our society, and the middle class are becoming poor – the poor are becoming destitute. The gap between rich and poor was closing in the 60’s and 70’s under the war…
Pumped! I had my first “Combined Knitting Class” last night – I’ve taught this method for a long time, but never so overtly – I feel so FREE!!! I will never again hide who I am! Enough of the dramatics. My class is really great – what a lovely and funny bunch of women! EVERYONE…
Ah, Happy Memories… Tonight is the 7th Anniversary of the Blizzard of ’96. How do I remember? Well, you see, a certain little redheaded girl was born in October 1996 – you do the math ; ) Burn, baby, burn!
Happy Birthday Katie! Pretty pathetic when I miss many friend’s birthdays, but I remember Katie Couric’s, huh? (Well, it doesn’t hurt that they announce it on NPR – and check out Matt when he actually HAD hair) It’s cold here, windy, but a lovely blustery day. After walking my son to his school I’m going…