I’m full. I can’t possibly knit anymore

No, not really. I could actually keep knitting.
Yesterday I hosted a Yarntasting party in Overlook Park.
At least over twenty people showed up from the invitee list. It was such great fun!!!! Surprisingly, it was a bit chilly and windy early when we started but the sun eventually came out. Many people brought food and drink [...]

I want to be the “Sweater Evangelist”

This was an uncommonly cold and snowy winter out here in the Pacific Northwest this year.  I actually was able to knit at least five sweaters from the beginning of fall last year to this date. I finished another raglan in a bulky yarn for my husband this year. I joke with friends that it’s [...]

Scratch that… no, unravel it

In the previous post I mentioned that I would dye machine knit blanks of my cotton yarn, assuming that I would knit all of these up in the handy knitting machine I bought for making hats and things.  I tried making a long blank with three 109 yard skeins of cotton and discovered that this [...]

Where to find good tutorials

I really like the Knitting Help site as a tutorial site.
I recently held a Knit Nite at my house and made sure we had a laptop computer set up in the crafting area so that we could reference sites like Knitting Help or even stitch references/instructions and patterns. Okay, we also used it to [...]

Please eat at this restaurant…

I found the best Indian Food in Portland at the Tandoor Oven on 4th and Oak downtown (Portland). No, seriously… they make their paneer (home made cheese) in the restaurant and they serve this absolutely marvelous ginger chutney. Everything was fabulous including the Minted Naan.
Also, if you happen to be gluten intolerant the serve a [...]

I signed up for the Amigurumi class at Twisted

The photo is from a Japanese book I found at Uwajimaya.
I was at Twisted yesterday for another PDX knitters gathering (see Fiberqat posting for photos). Naturally, I decided to check out their class offerings.  If you haven’t noticed, I have a weakness for cute little toys.
Yes, it’s a class for crochet not knitting, but [...]

PDX Knit Bloggers Gathering

I had a superb time on Sunday at the PDX Knit Bloggers event hosted at Knit Purl! It’s always nice to be able to meet other enthusiasts of the art/craft. I’m hoping that I can get most of the blog links up on my site today.
And, dude! As a door prize, I [...]

This has nothing to do with knitting

But I went to a clothing store I recently discovered in  the Mississippi District of Portland and discovered that they had been robbed by shoplifters while I was making a purchase. My friend who was with me at the time was suspicious of the antics of this gang of five girls in the tiny store [...]