Author: Annie

…and I’m still not finished… Today I sent in 7 more items – I still have a shawl and pair of mitts to finish myself, and a pair of stockings are coming from Oregon, but those are the last 3 items left to go in the book. Huzzah. This was a week of – well…

The other day as I was furiously knitting away, finishing up something to send out to some entity, Max – who was drawing a picture on the floor, admiring his handiwork – looked up at me and asked, “Mommy, do you ever feel sad to send your work away?” I had never thought of it…

I went out this morning and cut Hydrangeas off our bush in the backyard. Gorgeous morning! Runners talk about hitting the wall and breaking through it – I think I’ve done that with the knitting. When I knit for extended periods, my hands begin to hurt – it’s a natural occurance for any repetitive motion….

I had a whole other post I was going to put up today (I’ve been neglectful of the blog because I’ve been so darned busy) but I received a comment on my previous post which I feel bears addressing: Dear Annie, I saw the preview for your Western Point skirt today on the IK site,…

I’m at the wire, still working things up, writing up patterns, AAAARRGH! I misunderstanding with my editor (Oh, you want the finalized manuscript in July?) had me freaking out yesterday – so much so that check out this sleeve I put on a corset top… Today life is better. Still at the wall, still pushing,…

…but I’m not – I’m blogging. Watching the Goo goo dolls on the Tonight show (I’m a Letterman person, but there’s some time delay so Conan’s not on yet, Tonight show’s running late.) and finishing up some knitting stuff. I just FINALLY finished the baby piece for VK – that goes to them tomorrow (Fedex)…

Knitting! (big surprise) in my lovely air conditioned studio. I wish. Knitting wool in the heat, always SUCH a pleasurable experience… But I finished a figure hugging deep neckline Malabrigo sweater (I guarantee that folks will be stroking this sweater – on and off – until it felts with the love, it’s THAT soft and…

The package arrived, the shawl has been run over to the photo shoot. Details at eleven. Thank You St. Anthony! (see, he helps us Methodist quasi/Jewish folk, too!) Burn, baby, burn!

The package I sent to Vogue on Monday (actually, Gerry sent it from NYC) hasn’t arrived. The shoot is tomorrow. Inside was an incredibly labor intensive shawl I worked up for them. I’m an idiot for not insisting on FedEx, for not insuring it and for not getting delivery confirmation (or making sure that Gerry…

Architectural detail on a building in Newark, NJ Gerry’s making me a turkey burger, the kids are engaged and I’m knitting. Fever is down, so even though I’m hot, I’m not HOT. Or maybe I am and that’s why I’m getting the turkey burger… I tell you, there’s nothing like working on worsted weight merino…