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Thanks to the 24/7 news coverage of the 9/11 events all week, I experienced the mother of all nightmares. It is impossible to be complete when using words to describe dreams. So this, by necessity, will be a simplistic overview. I dreamed I was driving in a burning NYC. I was driving a 1974 VW [...]

New designs: tweed with rolled tops for him, and lacy, beaded tops for her. All wool. Warm and cozy—but you can still text without missing a beat!  

I am having a blast designing hats and adding beads to the patterns. This is too much fun! I wanted to encourage any of you who are considering a specially-designed hat for a holiday gift, it’s never too early to order. Remember, I design and hand-knit each item myself. As the holidays draw closer, I [...]

OK, kids. I want to avoid giving this hat the obvious name. Looking for something clever. I know I can count on you! This is my first design in which I have incorporated beads. And, I LOVE the effect! My head is spinning with ideas. Tell me if the idea of beads in a hat [...]

As a new member of the Croton Council on the Arts, I am excited to announce my gallery on the CCoA website. CCoA plays an important role in promoting the arts in Croton, as the name aptly suggests. Take a look at the CCoA web site, and consider supporting them. Also, look at the artists’ [...]

  Tina was a mighty, 3.5-pound Pomeranian. She was the alpha of my family pack for sixteen years. But, she left us two years ago.  And she left a void that still aches for her. I have a drawer full of sweaters and jackets I made for her. People think she didn’t like wearing clothes, [...]

Although the Fair Isle technique literally refers to a style developed on a tiny island in the north of Scotland that forms part of the Shetland islands, it has more recently become synonymous with stranded knitting in general. Patterns and designs are created using two or more strands of differently-colored yarns in each row. Fair [...]

I named this shawlette “Tears of Joy” because it looks like little tear-drops, with a lovely glass bead placed at the tip of each droplet. Now, however, the name is all the more apropos because I am crying with joy that the darn thing is finished! It was such a difficult piece to knit. Reminds [...]

Almost literally, I am letting off steam. If I stood close enough to the drapes, I would remove wrinkles. I spend much of January explaining why I don’t complain about the cold. It’s so that I can freely complain about the heat in summer. This is my time to shine, complaint-wise. My hands are sweaty [...]

So, “frogging,” in knitter’s lingo, means tearing out a knitted piece (either to reuse the yarn or correct a mistake). It’s a cute descriptor because , when tearing out the stitches, you “rip it. rip it. rip it.” Similarly, the frog says, “ribbit. ribbit. ribbit.” And just when you thought we knitters couldn’t be more [...]