During the past seven years of turmoil and change, I haven’t had much of a chance to design. I’ve been looking forward to the luxury of putting out some of my own patterns at my own pace. No deadlines, using the yarn I want to use, having a chance to noodle around if things don’t come out as I envisioned.…
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The Duty of Memory
Three thousands miles away, in a small French village called Edern, a two-day memorial is taking place this weekend. A stele, a wide stone slab, will be unveiled in western Brittany to honor the day in January 1943 that a B-17 bomber named SUSFU was shot out of the sky after a heated battle with the Luftwaffe. Longtime readers may…
No-Bull Book Review: Knit Fold Pleat Repeat, by Norah Gaughan
I have a class in my repertoire (although I haven’t taught it in a while) where we play around with pleats, ruching, and ruffles. At the time I created it, there weren’t that many resources about what I thought were very interesting structural techniques. Now there’s a new book to help fill the gap. Let’s take a look at Knit…
Supporting Our Own
There are some kick-ass Ukrainian designers out there. If you’re in the mood for pattern shopping, check them out. Here’s a few that I found if you’re looking for a way to support fellow knitters from Ukraine. Irina Dmitrieva has had designs published by Twist Collective and Brooklyn Tweed. She sells her lovely cabled patterns on her website or via…
With Love From A Grandma With A Blog
Haha, no, of course I’m not a grandma. But when it comes to caricatures of knitters, the “knitting granny,” with or without blog, is right up there at the top. And while I’m no more of a business bro than I am a granny, I do know a little about the knitting world. Recently two guys announced that they were…
Re-inventing “Inventing Anna”
One of Netflix’s most popular shows this week is “Inventing Anna.” Shonda Rimes developed this nine-part series for Netflix (no shade on Shonda, she is awesomely talented), based on a real woman who called herself “Anna Delvey.” Anna showed up in New York one day and told everyone she was a German heiress with a megamillion trust fund. Then she…
Hot Off The Press: Icelandic Mittens
The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but that’s not gonna stop me from making some New Year’s resolutions of my own. One of those resolutions is to blog a bit more (I know, I know). So here we go with a brand-new book review of a brand-new book to start the year. Icelandic Mittens: 25 Traditional…
Smacznego!
One of my on-going projects (as in over a dozen years, maybe more) has been tracing my family’s ancestors. Genealogy has gotten easier over the years because many more resources are on line. DNA testing, while problematic in some respects, also can give hints that help blast through the brick walls that all genealogists eventually face. When I started doing…
Vogue Knitting: Fall/Winter 2021
I hate change. And of course the only constant in life is change. I was disappointed when I heard that Vogue Knitting was going to reduce its publication schedule to two issues a year (although I do hope that this will increase in the future). I was crushed to hear that Trisha Malcolm was moving on as editor, even though…