Tiara Scarf (free pattern)

When we were seven years old, my friends and I spent countless hours playing “Princesses.” We’d spend most of the time describing to each other the details of our gossamer dresses and dainty slippers.
This scarf’s tiers and ruffles remind me of those days, and of the costume tiaras we would wear like the Crown Jewels, [...]

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Spicy Podcast and Mild Socks

More lovely 18th century Chinese porcelains to inspire you…Aren’t they gorgeous? There are more photos below, but this is my favorite. That red looks as transluscent and luscious as a candy apple.
Isn’t it funny how candy apples always look much better than they taste? Caramel apples, too. Unless the apple is cut into wedges and [...]

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Just Fiddling Around…

Inspired by this, I decided to knit a little “camera cozy” for my Olympus Stylus point-and-shoot, which I like to just toss in my purse sans case, to keep things light. The yarn is Neighborhood Fiber Co. fingering weight in Brightwood. Really gorgeous colors: chocolate, cream, duck’s egg blue, and vivid turquoise.
(Here it is [...]

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Feeling Pretty

Mmmmmm. Pretty colors…
I promise to talk about something else after this, but I just had to share my recent sock yarn madness. This is the stash accumulated, mostly, during the past month…Largely rewards for meeting a goal I set for myself :-)
The two “cakes” are Lorna’s Laces Watercolors and Neighborhood Fiber Co. (NFC) Brightwood. The [...]

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Sock Yarn Love!

OK, you just have to see this gorgeous hank of Neighborhood Fiber Company yarn that Karida delivered a week ago…I can’t get enough of these colors: It’s named “Brookland.” Teal-green and purple sock yarn–lovely, stretchy, puffy superwash merino sock yarn! (Yes, it’s Gems Fingering, my utter favorite.) Thanks, Karida!
And, speaking of sock yarn, I received [...]

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Ode on a (Non)Grecian Yarn

Why is Louet Gems fingering weight yarn so lovely to work with?
This is Koigu KPPPM in the colourway I think of as “Orchid.” (Gorgeously hand painted on Gems fingering weight)
I love the delicate sheen, the tiny little pillows of puffy merino, the yarn’s gentle stretch and “steel magnolia” strength. I love the texture of Gems [...]

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Special news!

A Nor’Easter in April???Beh.He’s the Nor’Easter Bunny…You’ll surely see him again. But I hope it’s not until next winter. It’s time for spring to arrive…for real this time!
Anyway, the real reason I’m online is that I wanted to mention that these…And this…(The BAG, not the cat, silly.)
…will be making an appearance at the Knitters Connection [...]

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Where do you find inspiration?

I find it in the gorgeous colors of a perfect spring day: Robin’s egg blue; pale, sandy beige; tart, fresh green; and the glorious colors of blossoming trees illuminated by the golden morning sun.
Looking at these photos, it’s obvious I’ve been in the mood for pastels mixed with brown. Pink and brown, pale green and [...]

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