Annie's Recovery & Knitting Blog

Obviously I blog because I’m a knit designer and teacher, and I like to keep folks up to date on what I’m doing and where I’m teaching. But I blog about a LOT of other things, too. My last post was a case in point. I received a lot of emails from folks who didn’t…

There’s been a lot of love in the air recently. Mostly it’s been baby love. Three good friends all had babies in the past few months (two of them first time mommies to Lil‘ and Eli‘) and a few adoptions by distant friends have moved into finalized stages. Is there any love like baby love?…

Fall is just starting to set in here in Minnesota. The leaves are edging themselves with gold and red, and the air is crips and clear. This means winter is coming, which is beautiful here but lasts about a month too long. And then there’s the end of Winter, not quite Spring period which is…

September and October are golden. My favorite months, my favorite time of year! May is a close second, and I consider it very fortuitous that my mom, my daughter and myself were born in May, Oct and Sept respectively. I’ve been doing some bits and pieces for the past few weeks – nothing too big…

When last I blogged about my wanderings through the UK I was at The Chapel being hosted by Jeni Brown of Fyberspates and Andy of Laughing Hens, and I fell in love with the place. The chapel is just that – a chapel – which has been beautifully modernized on the inside, still retaining the…

I’m broadcasting from the room of speed knitter Miriam Tegels, she has very kindly allowed me to use her computer because mine, sadly, is still on strike and refusing to allow me to use my online connection. Darn! The classes at iknit were WONDERFUL! The folks were delightful, students were brilliant, booths were full of…

I’m feeling a little adrift – wandering the streets, finding a pub, but still feeling unsettled.  I’m certain I’ll feel this way until I find my classroom.  Wish me luck! It’s been mentioned to me by folks here that when they visit the states they feel smothered with ‘assistance’ – too much ‘help’ – too…

This will be quick for several reasons`; 1. `i can’t get the hang of the u`k keyboard.  perhaps `ts eliot had one`/ 2.  I just had a few beers.  `huge ones.  `pints.  `they certainly seemed big to me ~(and so tasty, too!) 3.  My own computer is not getting internet.  `or , rather, it `is…

On the way here there was a bit on BBC 4 about Ellie Greenwich, and I found myself singing along to Chapel of Love before I quite realized that I WAS indeed going to the chapel! Love those kind of co-in-ki-dinks. Jen, the brains & talent behind Fyberspates, works out of a Chapel, and it’s…

…Until I’m fully 48. I should be asleep – I have to drive Gerry to the airport tomorrow and we have to work out a checking in problem with BMI once I get there. But instead I’m up going over the classes of the past two days (the folks drinking outside the bar downstairs are…