I’ve been remiss. But then, I’ve been sick.Of course, I now have a new haircut to show off today.This is me trying to finish a 50,000 word book in four more days.Yeah, I know.Me too. This is a lighter pic of me in the office (see, TWO this Sunday!).And here’s a question for all of your knitty types:those little sweater stones…do they work? My Rogue Hoodie is getting all pilled along the cuffs and inside of the sleeves....

as promised: a short-row heel tutorial at cosmicpluto knits!

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...

I should get more sleep. My husband will crack up when he sees this because, when he’s home, I generally get eight hours (without which, you really don’t want to be around me…really). When he’s gone, though, I putter. I am able to putter my circuitous way around the house, putting up pictures, making things right, gradually going through drawers and filling boxes with Things To Go Elsewhere–not that they ever GET...

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...

Horcrux socks, part two (for Syd)HeatherViaPhone