the return of garter rib

First: Thank you for all of your kind, compassionate comments on my last post. I know it is a very difficult topic to think and talk about, but I also know that my brother and his wife deeply appreciate knowing that their children are remembered, and that their losses are acknowledged rather than pushed aside.…

knitting for me

One benefit of reclaiming a little bit of my evening time with the floor-bed system I wrote about a couple posts back is that I can have a teensy bit of knitting time every night. While there's a part of me that wants to do nothing but knit more Maddypants (and Maddysweaters, and Maddyhats, and…

WIPs

My favorite WIP Works-in-Progress. I've got a lot of them, but they're mostly not of the crafty variety! I've got so much on my plate right now that it's a little bit tough to keep up with the blogging side of things. There's of course the baby stuff, and the post-flooding stuff, and the start…

just can’t stop.

I know I said in my last post not to fear that I'd forget the other projects I had on the needles - but it turns out that Garter Rib, part deux has taken a rather strong hold over me! I just can't stop knitting it. I just cast on on Friday, and have already…

beginnings

Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments on my last post - I could not be more delighted with the reception the pattern is getting and I'm still just so excited to have been a part of Wool People. Apparently that excitement has led to a raging case of startitis, though - I've…