(If you got the CraftLit September update today, you’ve already seen this—just FYI). So, so much has happened in the last month in my complete world (as opposed to my knitting world) that I needed to share—since some of it may affect you, too. Big Bleak Weekend Event! Wanna chat about the awesomeness of Bleak House? In real time?!? FACE to FACE?! You’re invited whether you read the book on your own or listened via CraftLit’s...

I’m still stuck working on a monster sweater design for an upcoming book, but until that’s done, there is little other knitting going on in my life. As a consequence, I’m sharing a nifty recipe. If you aren’t glutenally challenged, but have a friend who is, they may have you canonized if you do this for them: Gluten Free Grapenuts! I’ve adapted “Mother’s Grape Nuts” from the orange (it makes a...

We had an ugly counter when we moved in. (You’ll have to trust me) I had neither time nor money to fix it properly in 2006–plus I had a 3yo rug rat who woudln’t let me think much less tile a counter. Now he’s 6-1/2 and has a good eye for color. Ugly tile counter was covered by paint and decoupage art that was boy-appropriate. It lasted for awhile…until the kids’ toothpaste took a toll. So. Ugly tile/paint...

No memes. Nothing compelling. No amazing knitting going on (well…that’s not really true). Just time to write again. I found this nifty iPhone app called TripleQuick (from the good people at featherproof books)—it’s a fiction app that lets you read (or submit) 333 word short stories—a story that could be read completely in three iPhone screens (get it? Triple Quick). You can download and read all of these nifty...

Yeeee heeeeeee. Here’s the link to the site I used to help me join the afghan squares. And here are some pictures of my work over the past 24 hours. You’ll see why I’m so happpeeeeee! The afghan–done! Brown is not my fave color (it’s SO 1974 in my mind…just one of those things) but it works. The Map o the World Afghan (the pattern is back at the Vogue site!!!)! I just finished Ireland–go green! Panel...