Yeah, no, I meant it about that sort of greeny/gold mystery color that I can never truly name but that sings to me just the same. Especially when it absolutely glows like this. I mean how can you not love that. That's Little Skein Anne's yarn in the knitting, and her silk embroidery floss (three words that warm my cold, dead heart) too, plus some random fuzzy bits I just sort of happened to have on the top of the scraps bin that was too perfect to pass up. Oh...oh this is coming together nicely! The plan for these is [...]

Remember how I said there was enough going on with this hat to have a little something to share with everyone? Yeah, I totally meant it!⁠ One of my favorite bits about the hat turned out to be that adorable little braid at the top. I mostly love it because it's so darn cute. But I've managed to convince myself it's practical too. Because really, you don't want to weave in all those ends. It's much more fun to make a little braid. Plus braids are much less wobbly to have on your head than a pompom would be. I'm [...]

Remember how, ever since Roe v Wade was overturned, I've been saying that abortion pills are safe and effective and you can order them online in all 50 states? Well, there's a case in front of a Texas judge right now that wants to change that. The lawsuit is trying to get the FDA approval of mifepristone (one of the abortion pills) revoked. It appears to be a laughably bad case from a legal standpoint, but it's being heard by a far-right judge who is an outspoken abortion opponent, so there's every chance it will succeed. It's not clear exactly [...]

Yeah, so, I apparently have two sets of colors I like. Pinky/purpley/orange. And pondscummy green/seaglass. Which explains whey I just sort of happened to have the perfect color of fuzz hanging around to doodle on this hat. And that plan? That plan that's starting to come together rather nicely? Yeah, I have to wait until I can get back to the beach for the second round of photos (and we're currently in between substantial snow storms, so that may be a little bit), but I'm going to do that thing where I say that mailing list folks or folks on [...]

Oooooooh, remember that lovely goldy/green hat from a few weeks ago? Yeah, so I actually finished it and took it to the beach for a photoshoot earlier this week. But I use the word 'finish' loosely here, because then I spent yesterday doing something spiffy to it. I have a plan. A fluid plan to be sure, but a plan none the less. It has to do with this hat and its companion and Little Skein Anne's lovely yarn and my ongoing fondness for duplicate stitch.⁠ But first, first I have to finish stitching on this, and on it's partner [...]

So I mean yes, working these straight up and down is lovely and tidy and orderly. And I think the very first time you do it, you should probably go with the straight version, because it's the simplest. But once you've played with it just a tiny tiny bit, and you see how easy it is, I highly recommend you try the offset version. It's kind of spiffy. Or maybe I'm just overly exuberant and inclined to excess. Maybe both. Both could totally be the actual answer here. Really though, wouldn't that be pretty running up the side of a [...]

I'm not precisely sure why, but I sort of love showing you what the photo shoots look like when you take even half a step back from the perfectly primped bits that ends up in the final photos.⁠ Maybe it's because so very very much of my life is so very very far from perfect? And because the pressure to hide all that barely controlled chaos and only ever let the presentable bits see the light of day gets to be a bit much after a while? Whatever it is, you folks seem to like it too!⁠ So here's the [...]

The delightful little ebook with the variations on the stitch I used in Explicate is out! Utter Nonsense and Rampant Nonsense patrons go check your email, it's there waiting for you. Everyone else, you can read more about it here. Anyone in those tiers at any time between now and the end of April will have access to it. You'll get access to it (and several other nifty things) right away if you join. (And of course it's always totally fine to edit or cancel later. Seriously, it's fine, I totally expect folks will adjust their memberships over time as [...]

Ok, I admit the stripe does actually lend it a fair amount of charm. But you know me, and so you know we're not done yet. We are, in fact, just getting started. I just want it on the record that this next bit is enough fun that it got me to plow through a (very nearly) plain stockinette hat in absolutely record time and with much less whinging than is traditional. We've got a little something else to flash about a bit tomorrow, so we'll take a brief pause for that, but then we'll be back to this guy!