Archives for Reflections

Getting to Know Me

Since I last posted, I’ve been finishing up all sorts of knitting projects, some long-term and some instant gratification, but I haven’t been able to blog about them because my computer died and I’m using my old laptop. Okay, technically, nothing is stopping me from blogging, but everything’s harder on this old computer, and I [...]

Sickbed and Recovery

Lately, I haven’t had much to say about my knitting. I’ve been doing a lot of what I think of as Duty Knitting — working on things I have to finish so I can move on to other things. I got myself into this mess by knitting one sock for my mother that doesn’t fit [...]

Love Letters

Two years ago, I learned to knit at Christmastime, and my mom asked me if I wanted to look through the trunk of clothing my grandma made for my brothers and me when we were children. The trunk is full of treasures, all of them a little worse for the wear. There is a pink [...]