I’m going to call myself out as having sizing privilege. I hadn’t ever thought of my size perspective that way, but I am height/weight proportionate (5’8″/140 pounds). I always wished I could be taller and thinner. Until this week I have never seen it as a position of privilege, but if I put it into…
accessories
Yarn Returns from TNNA
Hardly surprising that when one goes to a Yarn Industry trade show yarn returns with the attendees. I don’t always bring yarn back from TNNA but the yarn returns I have from this show are of some wonderful things–and more will be arriving later–all of which feed into exciting projects for 2015 and 2016. What I find…
Summer Knitting
As I write this I am sitting in my office/studio wearing a long-sleeved top with a cashmere cardigan over it. My fingers and toes are cold (and yes, I did already turn up the heat). Here in San Francisco summer is different than anyplace else so we need sweaters, do not have air conditioning, and…
Change of Pace
I hate writing this type of blog, but I need a change of pace. I need to clear away the cobwebs so I can move ahead after a really tough month or so during which I became massively overwhelmed and then seem to lose all ability to communicate coherently. All I could really do was scream Help!,…
Why Goddess?
I have to admit that my knowledge of goddesses is sketchy. I’m guessing that neither of my parents were interested in mythology, otherwise I’m sure I’d know more. We read everything and anything in our house when I was growing up so there must have been a lack of interest in that particular vein of…
Collars
I was leafing through the Early Fall 2012 Vogue Knitting the other day. Okay, I’m not looking for patterns, so I just get to this stuff when I can. On page 14 was a column on collars. I paid particular attention because I’ve done a lot of collar-like things in the past year or so….
