So today’s post doesn’t go back to the age of the dinosars, but it does go back to when I was teaching in New York. After our evacuation on  9/11, a few teachers and I taught a bunch of our students to knit and we donated what we made to Women in Need shelter and the Bowery Mission. Many yarn companies and publishers stepped in to support us with donations which meant the world to us (SoHo Publishing, Elizabeth Eakins,  and...

Way back a long time ago, oh, way before you were born, missey, I knitted up a little envelope for Thing 2’s teeth as they shuffled off the mortal coil known as his mouth and alit on a pillow. Those little buggers went missing easily under his pillow and the little knitted envelope seemed to help keep the teeth easy to find—plus he liked it. I thought it was such a durn useful thing that I would just hop on Excel and make up a...

My son needs surgery. Not planned surgery but that kind of kick-in-the-gut surprise surgery that is halfway between, sure okay and It’s An Emergency.   The Long of It If you’ve followed my blog or podcast since 2005-2006, then you know that my younger son was born with Microtia—a not-as-rare-as-you’d-think condition that gave him a very small ear and no ear canal on the right side, but a working middle and inner...

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...

I have a long and proud track record of failure at the various knitting O[ymp1c5 and this year may be no different. I’m made a remarkable amount of progress (for me) while being at the beach and other places that aren’t particularly conducive to knitterly pursuits. At the same time, I know others who have taken on less insane tasks than I and are already winnahs, but gosh darn it, I really wanted to make this shrug. And the shawl....

First installment of TNNA Goodness: 1200 TEAny Hats Yarn generously donated by Universal Yarn HOW do I love Teeny Tiny things? Sooooo much! I love this stuff. I love little mousies, and bigger little mousies, and little socks, and little teeny tiny TEAny hats. Paige Sato manages the Christmas at Sea program out of Port Newark. I’ll be talking to her on CraftLit soon, but in the meantime, take a look at her website and just tell...