Author: Annie

I’ve alluded to the fact that it’s been a hard Christmas for me this year – for many reasons – but mostly these last few weeks have been an emotional distillation of all of the fears, mysteries and – yes – joys of the past year. What a year. What a couple of years. I…

Update: St. Anthony came through! They were up in the cabinet behind the George Foreman grill, where I was hiding a few gifts. Found at 8:30 am. The story below was written before the socks were found, at 3:00 am on 12/23. The socks have been changed to protect the innocent: I squirreled them away…

I’m taking Hannah to the movies today (and it’s an R movie, and I don’t care.) I’m taking her to see Sweeny Todd. Those of you who know me, know that this is my favorite show, my favorite musical, and my not-so-secret dream is to someday play Mrs. Lovett in some community theater production of…

Happy Longest Night of the YearMake it Count! So I worked most of the day (including during Max’s “Author’s Presentation” at his 4th grade class yesterday) on the body section below the yoke, and at 10:00 last night I decided it both sucked and blew. It’s good in many ways, but not as good as…

So I’ve finished one project (all it needs is buttons – and we all know THAT could take another year…) And I’m well on the way to project #2. This is a milestone for me because I haven’t felt this excited about a sweater for QUITE a WHILE! So I’ve decided to blog about this…

I spent a good few hours going over a lot of new things that I saw or played with or experienced this past year, and here they are – things that affected me strongly, in a positive way, sometimes even in a knitterly way! Number One – Signature NeedlesMy absolute favorite thing this year? It…

Here’s a little giftie for all my favorite knitters (that would be you – yes, just you – no one else…) I ripped it from the movie Miss Potter, which was lent to me by Kathe at KnitWitz. I watched in my hotel room night before last, and it was a WONDERFUL movie (two thumbs…

Sorry about the missing blog – I got a little wacky with my blogger code and dns settings and paid for it. But now I’m back – and have settled into the domain modeknit.com – not modeknit.com/blog as I was before. Change is good (sometimes!) So I’m in Miami – and I’m flying home in…

I think I received more emails from folks about how much they love Jacksonville, and I have to visit X, Y or Z while I’m in town, than I have any other city I’ve recently visited. The flight here was uneventful – an exit row was the key to my joy, and excellent knitting (Hannah…

I haven’t written for a few days. I’ve been recovering. From this. Of course, Gerry didn’t tube – he manned the camera. We’ve pretty much decided to have Max’s birthday party here, though – finally, a really GOOD Winter birthday choice! And a low-tech chalet for some fine hot chocolate and cake later! I was…