When last we met I was raving about the Camp of Knitting Instruction. I was inspired. I was excited. I was ready to knit myself a beautiful Victorian Miser’s Purse. I was nuts. Do you know how long it would take to string 3,072 steel cut beads on to pearl cotton? Do you know how…

The Civil War Camp of Instruction was a smashing success! I learned about 1860s etiquette, I made a period hairnet, I listened to a lecture on 19th century men’s civilian Summer clothing and 19th century women’s purses. You should see the knitted miser’s purse! It calls for 0000 needles and 3,072 steel cut beads. It’s…

Today we head out for our first “official” reenactment of the season and the whole family is very excited. (You will remember that Calvin Harlow Day at the beginning of the month was a washout. It was, in fact, the only washout in the last 45 days, but it was a washout nevertheless.) My 19th…

I know if I talk about Yarn Harlot again that y’all (she’s been in Memphis this week) will think I’m obsessed, but I can’t help myself. It’s about those traveling socks of hers. Last summer she had socks that traveled to New Foundland. Her socks have been to concerts with her super-cool music producer guy…

I had lots of plans for this morning. I got up early on time for a change and figured I could not only get ready for work but also make a meatloaf, wash some dishes (can you believe I ran out of dishwasher detergent?), and fit in some knitting time before I left the house…

I feel inadequate. Do you people (and I know you’re out there reading this, even if you don’t leave comments) realize that there are real blogs you could be reading? I shouldn’t even tell you this because once you get a load of this one or this one or this one, you may never come…

I know that blog entries without pictures are boring. But no blog entry at all is more boring, right? So, I give you a blog entry without pictures. Yesterday was a beautiful day! It was warm and sunny and felt like June rather than April. I took the day off from work and stayed home…

Those of you that know me well (and probably even those that don’t know but are clever) will giggle at the title to this post. I would explain but can’t since this blog is rated G (hi Hannah!) Here’s what I can tell you: Dale and I took off on a mini-break on Friday and…

I didn’t get a whole lot of knitting done over the weekend but I did manage to make 8 of these blocks. The quilt pattern is called Morning Star and it’s from the book Nickel Quilts by Pat Speth and Charlene Thode. The patterns in this book all start with 5″ blocks and the theory…

Here’s what’s going on: 1. The socks are coming along nicely. 2. The Charlotte Bronte shawl is coming along nicely. 3. I ordered yarn from elann.com 4. I knit on a bus for the first time this week. 5. I need to work on something that provides instant gratification soon because all my current projects…

You all know that my husband and I are Civil War reenactors. Dale has worked tirelessly the past few months to put together a living history in our town of East Bridgewater at Sachem Rock Farm and this past weekend was the selected date. We had planned on about 50-60 reenactors, a couple of sutlers,…

And here they are, my knitting and non-knitting friends (insert imagined drum roll here, please) the finished Koigu PPPM socks! Yes, they are finished and on my feet as we speak. It’s sort of pathetic, I suppose, that I finished them at o-dark-thirty this morning and then planned my outfit around my new socks. Sad,…