Month: June 2014

  • Ten on Tuesday: 10 Ways to Wish Someone Happy Birthday

    Ten on Tuesday: 10 Ways to Wish Someone Happy Birthday

    The Ten on Tuesday topic from Carole’s blog is 10 Ways to Wish Someone Happy Birthday. Here’s my list: a hand knit hat hand knit socks hand knit mittens a hand knit scarf home made cookies a hand knit throw pillow a hand knit sweater a really good book a skein of hand dyed yarn…

  • Turning Cartmels

    Turning Cartmels

    Jeannie Cartmel is one of my favorite sock designers. I think of her work as “Cookie A lite.” Jeannie’s designs are often asymmetrical and always bold, but they usually don’t take quite as much brain power as navigating a Cookie A pattern. In other words, they’re just my speed. Sock #1 – Aphrodite The sock…