valentines!

Happy (now-belated) Valentines Day, friends! We took a break from the misery that is February to celebrate love this past Saturday. Of course, we love each other and the world every single day, but the holiday was at least a good excuse to bake some cookies :) We had a bunch of leftover gingerbread dough…

february is a hard month.

February is ALWAYS a hard month, at least here in ROC. Probably anywhere that has winter, it's a hard month. This particular February's been especially hard, though, between illness and snow. We're not quite at Boston levels of craziness, snow-wise, but it's pretty bonkers here. We usually average around ~100in/year of snow, which sounds like…

false start.

This past Wednesday, I didn't have any classes to teach, or students to meet, or workshops to run - so I worked at home! And, since working at home is pretty much the only time I can rummage through my stash yarn and swatch for stuff without Madrigal "helping", that's what I did: I dug…

square number 10

It was hidden in the background in my last post, so I thought I'd show it off in a post of its very own: I love the way that blue/purple region just GLOWS - it's incredible. This colorway of Noro is so fantastic, and it's sad that it got discontinued. On the bright side, I…

finding my community

This morning, I was welcomed as a member of First Unitarian (and during the welcome ceremony, was given the flower and book that you see above, pictured with Square Number 10 of the Mitered Crosses Blanket). This is something I've been meaning to do for a very long time - since before M was born,…