I Made It! I actually got this out on a Wednesday!   Of course, I always have a WIP, it just isn’t always knitting.   Of late I’ve been working on (pix below): Shattered, the sequel to Grounded Christmas presents late birthday presents (the shame…) Zentagled mugs Age of Innocence Bleak House the (mercifully done) Bar Mitzvah learning to sing this and this with Thing 2 educational curriculum writing everything else. I...

How we spent the week… 4 Thing 1 snuggling with Mittens Now that I’m watching “Breaking Bad” iI get some of the questions we got at the Bar Mitzvah a vanilla shawl pattern I’m working on So, the shawl DEFINITELY needed a long soak (in SOAK) Vanilla+ sock Eye of Partridge heel flap How Thing 1 spent his Saturday morning I evidently need to find a way to get more Black Cow Coffee shirts from Croton-on-Hudson pretty...

This week, our new sock based on the characters from Grounded: the Seven, is Jasmine’s Ethereal Socks! Jasmine: A sweet remembrance of summer. Calm and flowing and a support for those around her. Jasmine is the calming influence that we all wish we had in our lives… Especially these days. Before we wax rhapsodic about Jasmine’s new socks… Meg, Eleanor our awesome Tech Editor, and I all came to an agreement. From any and...

Here we are with the next sock in our series! Jenn’s Subtle Majiks! Look at this lovely heel!   Jenn is Rosie’s cousin, sweet, generous, and…well… you’ll have to read the book to find out more. Jenn’s socks “fit” her to a T! A simple-looking pattern, nicely refined, with a gentle strength that isn’t necessarily obvious right away. We think you’ll like.   Jenn’s socks,...

Here we are with the next sock in our series! Izzy is described as a bouncing blue ball of light and fun—she’s also painfully psychic and a real help and support to Rosie.       Her socks, designed by Meg Warren (of March Hare dying and the Defarge books) are a fun-and-breezy knit which leave you with cushy-comfy socks. Knit in Riin Gill’s Happy Fuzzy Yarn (Corrie Sock in Cobalt) they will lift your spirits and boost...

When it looks like this outside… Inside should look bright and cheery. Hmmmm… what to do? What to do…? I KNOW! Invite Nanette the Nanny over to help ship out all of your new novels! Now you may think to yourself, “Seriously? Nanette the Nanny would come all that way to help you ship books?!” And I would have to say to you, “Not only that—she insisted!” “AND she brought coffee!” Such is the...