Truth. Goodness. Beauty. Yarn
The random number generator hath spoken; and the Clair de Lune giveaway winner is… Amy Stromberg! It was a joy to read all the comments on the release day post here, and to get thoughts from all the entrants about what drew them to Clair de Lune; this helps me to know what works, and …
Kodama No. 4 is finished! When I took on the project, I set a deadline of December 14; the shawl was bound off two days ago, blocked yesterday, and unpinned today 24 hours ahead of schedule, which means that the total working time (not counting Sundays, where I let the shawl rest) clocks in at …
You know that you live in the Deep South when it’s December and most of your WIPs are lace projects; the rest of the United States (except maybe Hawaii) probably stopped knitting lace back in September. But around here, we’re rather funny that way. Kodama No. 4 is progressing without event (for the full tale …
From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast, Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost—Alleluia, Alleluia! — William Walsham How, For All the Saints While this would sound extremely odd at any of the “I’m thankful for…” routines that will surely be going down (and rightly …
Earlier this year, I made a shawl. Regrettably, I forgot to take pictures. I used Kodama by Andrea Jurgrau; the yarn was a lovely, now-discontinued heathered oatmeal, and the beads were silver-lined russet. It was a beauty (of course, I can get away with saying this because there are no pictures to verify it…) I …