“Don’t point that beard at me, it might go off.”

About a year ago (! I know !), Boston news photographer extraordinaire Harry S. Cahill begged me to create a “non-traditional” hat for him to wear while shooting the Red Sox playoffs.
And this amazing beard and stash (of which I modeled after this pattern) was there result. Of course, he rocked it when he worked [...]

“Buzzing” about yet another one…

Umm, yet ANOTHER brilliant pattern release from the beloved Pickles Blog. I can’t knit up any of their patterns fast enough before I want to cast-on another!
Kitties, I present you the Bee Vest.
Why are you soo good to us, ladies? Why are you so good, in general?

A lavender jacket turns linen…

Finally! I have cast on a delicious pattern from the loverly Pickles Blog, which I have gushed over before.
I am absolutely head over heels for their Lavender Jacket; only mine won’t be lavender. Instead, I’ve chosen a light tea dyed sort of white-tan color, much like linen. And I adore it.
The bulk and puff of [...]

Caught up in a web of yarn…

New yarn!
The joy. The excitement. The awe. The drooling.
This past weekend I went to visit my mum and she took me to a famous knitting shop called Charlotte’s Web in Exeter, N.H. to scoop up some new skeins and other supplies. Of course, no trip to the knitting shop is devoid of roaming back and [...]

Stay tuned for stripes…

Exciting news, my crafty kitties!
I know this here blog has slacked on releasing new designs, projects, and patterns this fall; but I’m about to make up for a bit of that.
Here is a small sneak peak at one of a few designs I will be featuring here next week.
The items range from scarves and cowls [...]

I spun around in my chair thanks to this sheep…

The ever amazing Jessica George, who authors the splendid Go Team Sweet! blog, is one of my bestest friends from college.  An avid and ambitious cupcake baker and street artist, Jessica has recently returned to the states after living for several years in New Zealand.
And smuggled in her luggage, for this here me, she carried [...]

This weather makes for plenty of “dimples”…dimples in cake, that is!

This unseasonably warm weather has rejuvinated much of my November-ly blemberly spirit, and with that comes copious doses of cinamon, plum, and what makes these two things go well together: coffee cake.
I urge you to take to this weather, crunch under the remaining dead leaves, and then dive into beaters and bowl and make a [...]

A knitter’s comic life…

As some of my readers know, I am a Technology Instruction Librarian at a 6-12 school in Boston. When I’m not nerding out on tech tools, education, content management, and collaboration in real time on the web, I teach an elective to middle schoolers in my favorite hobby: knitting.
Second term, I have decided to create [...]

Holy balls!

I have spent the week getting things organized and swatching for new projects.
Aren’t balls of yarn just gorgeous? I’m thinking of having my photog-ing extraordinaire, Harry S. Cahill, create a series of such yarn ball magic to frame and hang somewhere. They would make beautiful art.
But, off the art, and onto the why. I decided [...]

In a Pickle with Heidi and Anna…all while wearing delicious vests!

I am, no doubt, absolutely obsessed with Pickles. Yes, I do mean the spicy, vinegary cuke treats–but more importantly, for the purposes of this here site, the beauteous Pickles blog, a Norway-based blog that also features a shop of yummy yarns and patterns.
If you haven’t made the Pickles blog a daily reading habit, what are [...]