I normally think of my office as a warm and friendly place, with lots of light, yarn cubbies filled to overflowing,

 I took a photo of this robin's nest because it is so beautifully constructed, and because the eggs are such a gorgeous color-- but it makes me sad every time I look at it.

Last week I visited the New Bedford Whaling Museum for the first time, as a chaperone on a school field trip.

Didn't the slips of paper inside fortune cookies used to say vague but portentous things like, I don't know, &quo

While at Plimoth Plantation on a school field trip last week, we visited the 1627 English village, an

Late last week, I took a break from writing up my Onda Scarf or Wrap pattern (more on that in my next post) to chaperone a school fie

The other day I walked into a paint store to pick up some color swatches, and when I spotted this sign taped onto the counter in front of the Benjamin Moore display, I had to snap a photo.  I

I've been doing a lot of swatching in the past few weeks, both for unbloggable projects and for this capelet (thanks,

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Un giorno nella vita di un' espatriata in Italia

If they were, then designers like me would have a hard time selling patterns:  by the time I've done the knitting