Pinch me so I can see that this is real!! I took my first class with Nancy Bush in 1992 when Stitches was in Portland, and I was living in Seattle. Hopefully Stitches will happen again in Portland, so more local knitters can benefit from the experience. I already loved sock knitting, but knew there [...]
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Pinch me!!
Posted in Books, Classes, Knitting, Life reflections, Sock knitting on March 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Tincture of time
Posted in Books, Friends and family, Knitting, Life reflections on September 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »
My physician gave me a wonderful phrase to use in thinking about the loss of the dogs—the “tincture of time.” It is more than seven weeks since I last blogged, and the tincture is working! Today I walked through the Farmers’ Market a block away from where I live. The sun was wonderfully warm, despite [...]
Not enough water to cushion the blow!
Posted in Friends and family, Life reflections on July 19, 2010 | 13 Comments »
In my last blog entry, almost six weeks ago now, I explored how I’ve jumped into new experiences at various times without being fully prepared or understanding what they would entail. I ended that blog by thinking lovingly of Mac, our older dog and wondering if maybe I didn’t have something to learn from him. [...]
Is there water in the pool?
Posted in Knitting, Life reflections, Sock knitting on May 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I was 21 I dove into a small swimming pool, too small and too shallow, I later realized, for it to have had a diving board of any sort poised over it. That was when I learned what it meant to “see stars,” and hear an unforgettable sound–in this case the sound of my [...]
A mutant Citron
Posted in Friends and family, Knitting, Life reflections, Sock knitting on May 24, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Meditational knitting is a good way to travel –either out of or back into real life. I’ve been doing this recently and have hit upon an attractive mutation of a little shawlette pattern in the process. In a previous post I mentioned knitting “Citron” (designed by Hilary Smith Callis and featured in Knitty.com, Winter 2009). [...]
It’s never too late for Mother’s Day
Posted in Friends and family, Life reflections on May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In early April I received a Harry & David gift catalog announcing that “it’s not too late for Mother’s Day.” In previous years I’d sent plants and gift towers of treats from this catalog to honor Mom: Although positive thinking is usually a strength of mine, I saw the catalog and thought, “nope, it’s too [...]
April hasn’t been a cruel month…
Posted in Friends and family, Knitting, Life reflections on April 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Centuries ago Chaucer called April “the cruelest month”. Especially this April, with its special family time, has been wonderful rather than cruel, although I suspect that tomorrow’s newspaper will report that we broke a record for the most consecutive days of measureable precipitation. There could be worse things than having grey, rainy days, even though [...]
A proud mother’s dream
Posted in Books, Friends and family, Life reflections, Sock knitting on April 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Since I moved to the Northwest in 1984, Powell’s Bookstore on Burnside in Portland has been a favorite place where I could lose myself for hours. This Monday night life again became surreal, and I lived out a long held dream by attending a book reading there. The difference from other book readings was that [...]
Dealing with another UFO
Posted in Knitting, Life reflections on April 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In my last blog I didn’t pledge to “finish” every project I’d ever begun. Life is full of choices, and knitting should be, too. Making choices is about deciding what really matters—honing in on the essentials and leaving the rest. When I was an undergraduate English major, I wanted to read every book and learn [...]
Meltdown in the electronic cottage.
Posted in Knitting, Life reflections, Sock knitting on April 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Yes, there’s been a lot of that happening here in our condo after 5+ years. Things have been going belly-up with mystifying regularity. Remembering words from a Robert Frost poem, “the best way out is always through,” I’ve been working through this, eager to finish so I can get back to my knitting and projects [...]
