Author: Annie

This may be the item that got the whole idea going. A few years ago I ran across this image and thought about recreating her skirt using a ribbon yarn. The sketch to the right is about 4 years old (I save my sketches, scan them, keep them in a database. Have I mentioned I’m…

When I was a kid I read Jonathan Livingston Seagull, like just about every other 7th grader in 1972, and it affected me very strongly. Specifically, it changed my idea about what perfect means. Up to that point perfect had been a goal, something I wanted to acheive, something I knew I’d never reach (just…

I’d been cranking out ideas (well, writing them down here at home – putting them out on my blog bit by bit) pretty furiously for the past few weeks, feeling that at some point I’d have to slow down. The slowdown was me falling 3 times on my shoulder at the Hyland Ski & Snowboard…

I have fear this morning. The kind that wrenches the gut and makes palms sweat. Pure fear. I am taking a skiing lesson today. My first. I am 47. Hyland Ski Area, where the kids took their lessons this Christmas, is having a sale (such a deal!) and I cannot turn it down. Lessons are…

It’s coming along – it’s exciting! And, yes, to answer a comment it IS mohair. As I’d mentioned earlier, this yarn is very inspiring to me, so it’s what I’m using to work up this pattern. You don’t go looking for inspiration – sometimes it just finds you! I’d had this project in the back…

The face of the Sutton Hoo mask is coming along well – I see things about it I’ll be changing in the next go-round (the chin’s not long enough, the mouth may be too wide, the nose is too small and upturned) but overall I’m very happy with how it’s seeming. As I write a…

A few years ago I invested in the Simon Schama “A History of Britain” and I’ve never regretted the expense. The 5 DVD set’s been my traveling companion, my best knitting background, a wonderful respite, a safe harbor for Gerry and I when we needed our minds occupied in at the Mayo and even a…

A lot of the last few days has been devoted to finishing up the ruffled collar. It’s not really a scarf, although it could be worn as one. It’s not really a collar in the sense that it’s attached to a garment – it’s a stand alone. It’s not as big or ruffly as the…

So I finished the body of the colorwork hat yesterday, but it was just too long. Silly long. I’m making a size small – to better fit Gerry’s head, my male head fit model – and when he put it on it almost went to his nose. I had several options, but I only considered…