Stash

Selling some stash to aid the earthquake victims in Japan

I still plan to do a couple of yarn giveaways in the next few months, but I've decided to jumpstart my destashing by (hopefully) selling a bunch of yarn-- some discontinued, and some not.


In the pink

Thanks for all the comments and home-remodeling horror stories! And we have a winner-- JOCELYN.


Let the de-stashing begin!

Hallelujah! Our almost-three-year-long house remodeling project is finally drawing to an end!


My own Leaf Yoke Top

I really hated to give up the sample I knitted in Tahki Nova for my


Road trip!

One disadvantage of having spent most of the last three years abroad is that I rarely have had the chance to get together with other knitwear designers.  So when


A good omen indeed*

11_mar_007_web_2 Well, I never again want to come this close to running out of yarn; as it was, I unraveled my gauge swatch, fished one foot-long strand out of the trash, re-sewed both side seams using different yarn so I could salvage those pieces-- and here is what remain


The hats that didn't happen

2_jan I had reluctantly decided not to bring my Wyvern Wrap along during our various holiday junkets, reasoning that a cashmere-blend sweater was not ideal travel-- (nor warm weather) knitting.  Instead I brought a


Neglecting the blog but not the stash

Negotiating the whitewater week before Christmas left me no time for knitting, much less blogging.  I did manage a couple of additions to my stash along the way!  (There's no way I can compete for the World's Biggest Stash, but maybe The Most Far-Flung, with stashage in Como, Italy and in Massachusetts, USA?)  Happy holidays a


Working on my Wyvern

7_nov_003_web The right front of my Wyvern Wrap (size small) has been growing at a good clip; I'm almost finished with the side shaping increases, and soon will cast on stitches for the right sleeve.  I'm having a nagging fear that the sleeve, which is essentially a drop slee