Merry Christmas!! Scott and I are having a very relaxing Christmas here in Boston. No traveling for us – we did plenty of that this year, and have much more in store for the future… We decided not to exchange gifts this year either; but low and behold, we ended up getting two big surprises [...]

We’ve been gradually getting buried in snow here in Boston over the last few weeks. Our front street looked like this last Thursday: Being the good wife that I am, I knit Scott a new winter hat with some new yarn from a friend…. Just in time for us to go out in the cold [...]

I’ve been knitting for a little over four years now, and have been able to slide by with just a few knitting disasters. Yes, my first scarves stunk and my first hat wasn’t tall enough; yes, my first bag was horrifically seamed on the wrong side; yes, my first sweater is a bit too big. [...]

I didn’t think I had it in me to finish this work of love. I started it, oh, back in February hoping that it would be a gift to my parents for helping us out so much with the wedding. Yeah. Right. Words of advice for future knitter brides – don’t think you are going [...]

Little girlie baby and kid designs in pinks and frills just don’t do it for me. I love bold colors, retro and mod designs and anything cute with a flower on it. Evidence #1, Kaya’s 1st birthday sweater: From the second I saw this fabulous design in Susan’s new book, Itty Bitty Nursery, I just [...]