On Monday, I popped down to the Bay Area to spend a little time with Fiberly Friend, Diane. We started with lunch at Caffe 817, a nice little cafe in downtown Oakland. Next it...

Before the summer Interweave Knits arrived a couple of weeks ago, I had already picked out a “must-knit” pattern–Annie Modesitt’s Luminarie skirt. KnitPicks CotLin yarn was ordered for another skirt project, but this one...

April was the month for starting more thing than I finished. I spent several days deciding on patterns and fabric, laying out fabric and cutting patterns – the part of the sewing process I...

February was a bust for finishing projects because I just wasn’t in any one place long enough to focus on anything. But March was a different story: in addition to the birthday gifts and...

With so much traveling, February was a bust for getting anything completed. I’ve done much better this month. Of course, I had incentives, since it’s birthday month for Tom and Dianne. Three – no,...

My last post was all words. This will be a few words with pictures, to continue on February. What I bought Generally on trips, Tom and I stimulate the local economy, but I’ve been...

If I were being a good blogger (which clearly I’m not since I really haven’t been posting for six months [but I do have my reasons]), I’d have told you about Madrona two weeks...

This morning I saw a post on a mail list that was very funny and attributed to Andy Rooney, and forwarded to lots of friends.  In doing a little research I find it was...

Acquistions I have really tried to curtail my acquisition, but I put myself in situtions where it’s just too hard to resist temptation. It started with a day trip to Phoenix to bring my...

Skirts When I was in high school (lo! those many years ago!) I preferred dresses over pants because my body was never made to fit junior clothes. And though pants were easier to wear,...