I am SO excited! We’re finally close enough to the release of  What (else) Would Madame Defarge  Knit? that I can start to tell you about some of the goodies you’ll find inside. Like over 250 pages! Color Photos! Over 25 rockin’ patterns! (Did I mention color pictures?) Returning Defarge vol. 1 designers! Big Fun! No Whammies! One of the patterns (it was all I had time for) is from me— and this is one of those happy...

I could run out on the street and grab a stranger and give them a big ol’ hug, I’m so happy happy happy. I just finished the Super Secret Shrug thing for Defarge-3 (Defarge Does Shakespeare, for those keeping score at home)! Yes, Defarge 2 has yet to come out (though it’s in pre-orders) but we’re already hard at work on the next book in the series. We’re also still accepting submissions for Defarge Does Chaucer and...

This is all that’s left. Waiting for more scarlet yarn from Meg at The March Hare (Etsy) to finish Thing 1’s Gryffindor Scarf and about to finish Bubby (Knitty) for Thing 2–he asked for a fuzzy brown bear?!. Thing 1 shouldn’t mind the wait…he’s awful good that way....

Shepherdess bride marries in stunning dress made of wool from her own flock Mail Online. You Will Not Believe The Pics. And, actually, it’s really quite pretty. Jealous? Me?

If you look at the date stamp on this you’ll wonder if I’m out of my mind, up again at 2:29am. The simple answer is, “I have no idea.” I am normally a Very Good sleeper (ask my husband).I rarely have insomnia. I need (NEED) eight hours.And yet…here I am. I even swore off Diet Coke today after lunch. I had a glass (or was that two) of wine tonight and well over the recommended eight glasses of water. Tonight, to...

Where have I been?Warping. I’ll have pics here later, but for now, know this: I’m an idiot. No really. I found out from Syne Mitchell of Weavecast that I took on a ridiculously difficult first project. This surprised me not at all. I had some linen on cones just sitting around so I thought I should use it. I warped with thatThen I wove four placemats–plain tabby, then twill (1/3 and 2/2) and had a ball. I had no one to tell me...