Reader’s Choices

I once lived in an apartment that had a very large, floor to ceiling built-in bookshelf. Mine was filled with books. This bookshelf was the first thing you saw when you came into the apartment, and often visitors would stand there, mouth slightly agape, looking at the books. I thought this behavior was [...]

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Manly Socks Photoshoot

This book was sitting on our dining room table for a few days.
One morning when The Husband moved it to sit down and eat his breakfast I said, “Isn’t that a great cover photograph? I’d never knit those socks, but that photo is so well composed, the chair, the slightly lifted skirt with the ruffle.”
He [...]

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Dye Job Completed

I finished the socks from the Louet Hand Dyed Sock Yarn kit. The pattern is Jane Cochran’s Hedgerow Socks from Knitter’s Review.

I should confess that I was not totally faithful to this pair while I was knitting them. I also completed one Ironman sock. I’m calling it that because 1) I got the yarn at [...]

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