Baby Bears from Fiber Trends I always love reading missives from those who edit and review books, since they have to have a greater command of the language than anyone else because they critique people who use language to a very high degree to start with. So I loved reading in the Sunday Star these […]
Norwegian Mittens The Druids have taken up residence, in the house, once again. Yes, we have brought in “the tree” which will be, the Christmas tree. I love Christmas Trees, partly because I love trees in general; but I also love an occasion to bring a tree into the house and decorate it (i.e. worship
Cloths of Heaven from Queen Anne’s Lace Actually it is craft a poem and it is a new group that has just started on Ravelry – Dec 11, 2010. The object is to submit a design (or drawing or recipe) inspired by a poem. There will be prizes awarded each month; but you don’t have
Mabon from GoddessKnits What is it about the words, wind and wild that are so rich. I think of titles that use these terms and each phrase seems to have taken on a presence of its own – Gone with the Wind, Inherit the Wind, Whistle Down the Wind, to name a few. Again terms,
Wall of Yarn – Singing colours I have to believe that Leonard Cohen is the hottest 76 year-old on the planet. He is just about to end a two and a half year tour and judging by the reviews he is/was amazing!!! There is a group on Ravelry dedicated to knitting and to the poetry
Lucy Neatby’s Paradoxical Mittens I always love it when a knitter takes a design and makes it his/her own, I posted a while ago about a friend of mine who knit Lucy Neatby’s Paradoxical Mittens and added a bit of the red trim to the thumb of the right-hand mitten so that you could always tell
Argyle socks from Cabin Fever Well, Auld Reekie (Edinburgh) is hame (home) to my brother and sister-in-law anyway. I think it must be the season – getting close to Christmas and all – but I have been thinking a lot about a time before children when my husband and I would go back to Scotland
Alveare from Woolly Wormhead I am putting the patterns of a new designer, Woolly Wormhead, on the Infiknit site. These are gorgeous hats, beautifully constructed, and wonderfully knit. As a result, I have spent some time on her site and was amazed by her blog. On Dec 6, 2010, Ruth and her family moved into a converted double
Lobster Mitten I read the other day that, because of the recession, there is now a surfeit of lobster on the east coast and the department of fisheries is thinking of running an ad campaign to promote the sale of lobsters. I wonder if it will be a little like the milk campaign – “Got
Roses picked from the garden Nov 28 These really are the last roses of summer. It’s either global warming or true love – take your pick! This picture was taken in Toronto Nov 28, 2010 and nothing in the garden looks as though it’s going to last another week, so I guess that this is
