Cape May, Here We Come!

After 10 days of dealing with the cold from Hell (it’s going around D.C.), followed by two days of rushing around to finish everything we couldn’t do while we were sick, Chris and I are finally getting ready to leave for our annual trek to Cape May, where we always stay at the WONDERFUL Albert [...]

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Socktoberfest 2006: You got questions…I got answers

So here, a little late (better than never, right) are my answers to Lolly’s Socktoberfest questions:
When did you start making socks? Did you teach yourself or were you taught by a friend or relative? or in a class?I started making socks in 2005. I taught myself, with the help of Knitty’s sock-knitting tutorials. Now that [...]

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Love, Knitting, and One Skein of Blue Sky Cotton

I am so lucky. My husband Chris can speak the language of knitting and spinning. I can talk to him about cables, increases, decreases, knitting in the round vs. knitting flat (why?). He knows what I mean when I talk about preparing fibers to spin, about draw, about plying. And he’s my best knitting “audience.”
I [...]

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Warm Toes = Happy Husband (knitting cozy socks)

My husband always knows when the temperature drops below 75…he’s visited by my frigid little toes, wiggling their way under (or pressed against) his furnace-like legs. He generates heat. I don’t. Really, that HAS to be a male/female thing, from my observations and eavesdroppings. Women seem to get cold hands and feet more often. Must [...]

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Neighborhood Fiber Company: We ARE Crafty Bastards!

Yesterday was Neighborhood Fiber Company’s grand debut, as Karida and I sold our first batch of yarn via the Stitch DC table at the Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair in DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood. Here’s a sample…
That’s Duplex, a 50/50 merino/kid mohair blend, in our “LeDroit Park” colorway. It’s lofty, and soft as silk. [...]

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Monkey

Remember me? I was mentioned in one of Hannah’s first blog entries. Well, I’ve been living in “the library” (aka: hallway) for quite a while now. They sure do have a lot of books. And monkeys. Lots of monkeys.
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