There’s hope, then there’s not so much

Posted by on Jul 1, 2013 in Knitting, Travel, Unavoidable Politics, Writing | 5 comments

First, the hope. Elena Kagan moves up to big-game hunting with Antonin Scalia. I tend to think the lack of civility in DC that we see on TV DOES have something to do with a decided lack of shmoozing across the aisles. There are lots of great stories and anecdotes of old-school friendships that crossed political lines in bygone years, but not so much of late. So. Happy that the Justices get along. That makes me happy.   Less hopeful is the...

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Art Journaling Nipping at Your Heels?

Posted by on Jun 21, 2013 in Artsy Things, Blog Fun, Classes |

If you’ve been interested in art journaling, like I have, you may be happy to know that you can now— Yep, not just for cakes any more. Craftsy entered the world of art classes. I’m starting to push back into my art journaling phase as the summer kicks in, but am now considering the watercolor class. Here are the others: Craftsy Perspective in Landscape Drawing (Patrick Connors) Craftsy Acrylic Landscape Painting (Bennett Vadnais)...

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Guest Blogger: When is your body like a gauge swatch?

Posted by on Jun 3, 2013 in Blog Fun, Cooking, Knitting, Writing | 5 comments

Apologies to Lewis Carroll but there are similarities between making a gauge swatch and listening to the signs your body is sending you. How? Well, they’re both important. Every knitting and crochet pattern out there has that little line about taking time to check your gauge. Diet and fitness gurus are constantly telling us to eat better, whatever that may mean. But let’s be honest, do we do either one? Every single time? Be honest now. I...

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Hand Towel Happiness

Posted by on May 30, 2013 in Blog Fun, designs, Knitting, patterns | 6 comments

I hate dish rags, but I LOVE hand towels. Especially hand towels that really REALLY absorb water. So I made one. When What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? was coming out I needed some mindless knitting to keep me cognitively anchored (ahem) but not overwhelm me. Enter my very own hand towel. I blocked mine wet… well… just because that’s what I do when I wash knitted things. It didn’t really need it. The stitch pattern is easy when you know...

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Whoop! THEY’RE HERE!

Posted by on May 29, 2013 in Defarginess, Knitting, Love, patterns, Podcast, Writing |

After much time and angst, the What Would Madame Defarge Knit INDIVIDUAL patterns are here (or on Ravelry, actually)!!! What Would Madame Defarge Knit? by Heather Ordover, Editor wwmdfk.com Paperback — buy from Cooperative Press published in May 2011 notes Also now available: Volume 2 in the WWMDfK series: What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? ___________________ All patterns from this book are now also available as individual downloads....

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