OK it’s the day after April Fool’s Day and I’m a little late; but I have just spent the last 3 days writing a pattern for the lace shawl Scorpio and I just lost track of time. Anyway, I have to say that for years I have been the fool. (Does that mean that it […]
Wool/Angora on cone I was just reading a review of a book by Donovan Hohn, who decided to track the fate of a lost cargo of those iconic rubber ducks. Apparently sometime in the early 1990s approximately 28,800 bath toys spilled from a container ship into the North Pacifc Ocean. Well, a large number of
Gaugeless Hat from Cabin Fever March is one of those amazing months that is full of a lot of “crazy things.” First it begins with St David’s Day, which is celebrated in Wales, a country known for its ties to the ancient Celts, the Druids and other mysterious “things.” March 1 is followed closely by,
It was lovely this morning – Spring bliss and…….. 1. Luckily I remembered to answer all the questions for my interview with Vogue Knitting for the Made in Canada column. It should be in a Fall issue. I always speak from the heart; but sometimes when what you say shows up in print, it sounds
Things are moving along well. There were no major set-backs on the Ides of March and my luck over the last few days was….. 1. I got my post done for St Patrick’s Day and I had the most delicious corned beef and cabbage for dinner that night. 2. Fortunately, I walked to the bank
Trilo by Carol Feller – copyright The Irish are amazing marketers. Few cultural figures enjoy the popularity of St. Patrick, whose feast day – today, March 17- is celebrated virtually everywhere! Even fewer nations have a colour that is so recognizable. Add to this “branding” a capacity for fun, fantasy and fortune and you have
Mandala Shawl from GoddessKnits Today is Pi day so it has to be very lucky!! I posted earlier with pictures of knitted shawls following the principle of Elizabeth’s Zimmerman’s Pi shawl – gotta do one. Here is another shawl from Goddess Knits that follows the same principle. There is also Mandala 2. Lucky to have
Circle of Life Shawl from Fiber Trends Somehow, over the years, I have missed Pi Day. Maybe it’s because I’m not really mathematically inclined – give me a crossword puzzle over sodoku any day. Well, right there in the morning paper was the notice that March 14 was “celebrate Pi Day.” Now I do like
Okay, so there were one or two days that I really had trouble finding something NEW to write about. Most of the snow has gone – this is lucky, but that means the challenges (and luck) of getting out of the snowbanks are not there. Plus you can only celebrate the opening of clams once
It was a very lovely pre-spring day today and…. 1. Luckily I had quite a few orders for patterns. 2. I posted about Managing the Long Tail – something that I have been meaning to do for some time now. 3. Fortunately, I just had enough sleeves for all the patterns that I printed –
