Hi. My Name Is Christine….

And I am addicted to sock yarn.Sure, it all starts out innocently enough. First you hear everyone who knits handmade socks say how wonderful they feel. Then you decide that you would like to learn how to knit socks. You accomplish your first pair, and then, a second pair. You buy a few skeins here [...]

WHAT Color Is THAT?????

So, no photos of me modeling today….. sorry about that, but my photographer has gone off to work a bit early today.. there’s a story there that plays into the Karmic smackdown that happened, but I will get into that in a little bit.I know what you are waiting for, Kiri, fully dyed and blocked. [...]

An Act Of Courage

It takes a supreme act of courage to take a finished knitted item and toss it into the dye pot. All those hours of work, and in one moment, one miscalculation, it could all be ruined. The momentary feeling of courage could easily turn out to be a moment of foolhardiness.And this is what I [...]

The Needles, They Are A-Clicking

It’s been busy as usual around here. I thought everyone had dealt with the flu, then it struck for round two. It hit Sydney the hardest and ended in an ER visit for her last Sunday. Monday morning it decided that I had gotten off too easy this year and decided to test my immune [...]

Wanna See a Knitter Pull Out Her Hair?

Then you’ve come to the right place. All week I have been taking care of the family since I seemed to be the only one who did not come down with the nasty flu that’s going around. Between running up and down the stairs to bring soup to one, get another cough syrup, and all [...]

Shame On Me

I caved today. I completely gave in.What happened? I don’t know. I had a reaction to the patch, and after 3 days of itching and rashes, I stopped using it. I hung in there for a few more days, but this morning I caved when I went for a walk. Time to reformulate, figure out [...]