Cold Shoulders

I grew up with central air conditioning. We moved to North Texas in the late ’60s and our ranch-style house had it. The schools had it. The grocery stores, shopping malls, and movie theaters had it. Even our cars had it. Outside it was 100-degrees, but inside it was 68. We stayed cool in the [...]

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2 + 2 = 4

An old friend of mine used to say that whenever she bought a new album (and yes, this is before CDs), it made her entire music collection sound a bit different. I feel that way about knitting books. When I get a new knitting book, the yarn in my stash looks a bit different.
I don’t [...]

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Here’s Looking at You

This is the first book that I’ve purchased this year, Socks from the Toe Up by Wendy D. Johnson of Wendy Knits:

I’m trying to break the habit of just buying books. I use the local library. I borrow books from friends (and return them). I wander around bookstores and walk out empty handed. I’m using [...]

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A Beach Just For Spinning

When I retired from the computer industry, I needed a hobby. First I made a couple of scrapbooks. That was fun, and it met the needs of my inner kindergartner with all that cutting and pasting, but how many scrapbooks does one really need?
After watching a lot of Martha Stewart, I decided to bake cookies. [...]

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Just not enough for a sweater …

I recently came home from Hill Country Weavers with two balls of Kidsilk Haze. They were for the Cardi Cozy from the new Mason-Dixon book, Knitting Outside the Lines. The instructions for this rather unique sweater clearly state that the sweater can be completed with just two balls of this yarn. It’s a good thing, [...]

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