What's that you say? Why would I need a bunch of lovely dark gray yarn and little bits of lots of pretty rainbow yarn? Why might I need such things real damn bad and right this very moment? What sort of urgent, seasonally appropriate project might be bubbling away in my mind.⁠ Hmmm...I dunno...what could I possibly be up to that could make good use of such an array of possibilities.⁠ We'll have to wait and see...⁠ Yarn is from Ontheround. The gray is Shadow on Everyday DK, the rainbow is the ROYGBIV Nimble Sock Mini Skein Set (and is [...]

"Oh," they say, "that will be easy," they say, "just sneak up on her while she's sleeping and plop it on her head," they say. Thus confirming my suspicion that they have not ever tried to do any such thing. ⁠ My darlings, I'm fond of you all, but you underestimate the murder tendencies of this small ball of lint and needles. She is many things, but biddable is not one of them. P.S. This isn’t something where I’m asking for advice! I’m just sharing a cute kitten photo, so please don’t offer suggestions. I know it’s well meant! But [...]

I'm flattered you like these fuzzy little buddies as much as I do.  Really I am!  It is truly lovely to know that they appeal to so many of you, and it absolutely makes my day better when I hear that you like them. But I want to answer a question that keeps coming up... I'm absolutely not turning these into a children's book.  In fact, I'm not turning anything into any kind of book any time soon (probably not ever again). I'll talk about why (partly to get it out of my head, partly because I suspect some of [...]

It seemed like a good idea at the time.  I mean it's knitting, right?  The risk of things going horribly wrong is fairly low to begin with.  And it's a tiny owl.  What's the worst that could happen? The chances of fire or bloodshed or significant structural damage are very very low. But what I failed to account for was my own slightly obsessive tendencies.  I mean we all knew I'd make more than one owl.  But that's actually fine, having at least two lets me make sure I've streamlined the process and allows for some delightful photos. But what [...]

This is all your fault. Last week I asked you to sign up for a super stealthy, one time only mailing list if you really really really wanted the pointy hat pattern and intended to buy it if I wrote it up. ⁠ I said if enough of you signed up, I'd write it. ⁠ And you did! You absolutely positively did! Which is lovely. So I decided I'd make a cute little curlicue variation too, just for fun.⁠ I kinda like this one time only mailing list thing...I'm going to see if I can find something special to do [...]

Ok, the wee tiny owl (the temptation to call him Owlfred is very nearly overwhelming) is just about ready to come out (as always, if you want to be sure you hear when he does, make sure you're on the mailing list).  But before he does, I wanted to spend a little time doing a supply rundown so you can have some ideas about what you will want to have on hand if you want to make one for yourself. Now first, don't get overwhelmed.  All you really need is yarn, needles, and something to stuff it with.  All the [...]

Alrighty, last one (I told you I did not have the levels of focus required for sustained bombardment...we'll just quietly be awed that I managed three posts in a row and call it good there.⁠ These three are all brioche. I fell hard for brioche a few years ago (we had a burst pipe, we had to have the floors in our Whole Damn House replaced, I spent an icy winter afternoon huddled in front of my computer, hiding from the incessant banging, teaching myself how to do it...if I can learn it under those circumstances, you can absolutely learn [...]

Ok, so this is the second (out of a grand total of three, do not worry, I am not going to bombard you, I am not focused enough to maintain sustained bombardment) Blatant Flashing Of The Back Catalog post. ⁠ I've discovered both that you folks share my fondness for accessory sets, and that I am Absolutely Terrible at showing off anything other than what's coming next, so I'm totally taking it as permission to occasionally flash a few pretties from the past.⁠ Yesterday we talked about single yarn patterns (go back a post if you missed it) so today [...]

So some of the things I heard from folks after I posted the Likewise and Otherwise set on instagram the other day made it super clear that I do an absolutely terrible job of showing off my existing patterns. ⁠ I have a tendency to focus on whatever the Shiny New Thing is. The time consuming nature of knitting means I'm currently working on things that will come out next year, and all my focus is on them. So showing off stuff that's coming out now is hard enough, showing off stuff that came out months or years ago is [...]