It has rolled around again, and I wasn’t as ready as I wanted to be for the 2012 Kansas State Fair. I know, big surprise, right? Well, I lost some knitting time after DH’s old laptop went wacko, and it turned out to be the most problematic rescue-and-rebuild I have ever done. I still don’t know why, but that’s water… Continue Reading Fair time!
Continue reading →I’ve been sitting on this project for a while, because I was seriously contemplating submitting the pattern to an online magazine… but I decided that it’s probably not unique enough to make the cut. This “eSleeve” is the first in my planned series of M2M (Made to Measure) patterns. It’s a sleeve for any size of flat handheld electronic device. … Continue Reading A pattern and a class
Continue reading →Thanks to this blog and several knitters who have a sense of true value, I seem to be attracting Beverly Royce artifacts. Last month, after a brief email exchange, I found an intriguing and very special package in my mailbox – letters, notes, fiber, yarn and knitting! Margit J. of Minnesota ran across my post about Beverly, and since she… Continue Reading A knitting archive in the making
Continue reading →Beverly has been gone for a number of years now, but her legacy lives on. Her name is much less familiar than her friend Elizabeth Zimmermann’s, but they shared a curious and inventive turn of mind when it came to knitting. Beverly’s one book, “Notes on Double Knitting“, is out of print and hard to find, but you will see… Continue Reading Beverly Royce and serendipity
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