“So are we second cousins or first cousins twice removed? Or is that the same thing?” “Actually I think you might be 3rd cousins once removed.” Aunt Odile has the … Introducing The Nibbles..
All is not as it seems in hand-knit-land today. No sooner do we congratulate a knitter on the beautiful sweater we can see poking out from inside their jacket, than … Sleight of Sleeve
The Manchelopis arrives here in large, shiny black plastic tightly wrapped bundles that put me in mind of the bales you see wrapped in the fields after haymaking in the … Unwinding the unspun yarn
Is Wild and Woolly starting a side hustle in background noises? Why are you writing about thrumming? No, this isn’t about thrumming as in the humming sound that engines make. … A short history of thrumming
A recent discussion in the shop on solving the problem of a knitter’s too-tight bind off yielded 4 different suggestions from the randomly assembled knitters… ‘I just pick a size … Well I’m so pleased you asked..
“It was when I’d finished knitting the viruses. I started working on a death mask and I looked at it and thought, No. It’s got to be a vulture.“ Harry’s … Vulture Culture
Now I know that Halloween is not everyone’s cup of tea – I come from the generation of curmudgeons that bemoans the rise of over-the-top costumes and spray-on spider webs. … Witch stitch?
Out of respect for the faithful old-timers who’ve been reading these newsletters for a few years now, I made a decision this year that I’d skip the Woo-hoo-September’s-here! post. Apart … I love September and I cannot lie.
perennial/pəˈrɛnɪəl/adjective1.lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.“that sweater has a perennial appeal“ The year is on the turn in that way that makes … The infinite knit
The sun was low in the sky, casting an orange light around the room. I’d woken up from an afternoon nap on the couch. We were in an old Ottoman … The 800 mile ball of wool