this last summer the call of my new camera and flickr was stronger than my blog. i was taking a picture a day, photoshopping until the wee hours and posting and commenting like a fiend! something had to give and we all know its not ever going to be the knitting…… i do love photography and i do love the flickr community but the holidays began to approach and that too fell by the wayside. i’d love to say that i would stay up all night to get all my hobbies in each day but, you know, i really do love my sleep. now that the holidays are over and i have more time maybe i can balance things a bit better….
this picture of street vendor ties was taken during a FANTASTIC trip to new jersey to visit lovely friends that we had not seen in 11 years. the last time we had been to ny henry was 1, riley was 6 and ruby was 9! now families have children in college and high school and henry is a middle schooler–yikes! anyway, it was a fabulous time and i got tons of wonderful pictures and i’ll be processing them and posting them as i can (along with knitting content and pics of course!)
when we went into manhattan i had to visit purl soho, of course, and i picked up some blue sky alpacas yarn that i’m dying to turn into, what else? wristwarmers! i also picked up some cascade 128 which is surprisingly lovely to work with! i made a chunky cabled hat that turned out amazingly soft and beautiful. alas, i have no pictures of it….
i will be posting some pictures of my new knitting addiction: the earflap hat with cascade 220.
whew! that’s a lot to say when i haven’t said much in awhile. more will come. and thank you for your kind words and encouragement. thank you thank you.
its good to be back.






This picture pretty much sums it up: the knitting is being done in those rare and few quiet moments that appear between the “must do’s”. I always keep a sock with me for mindless knitting that doesn’t need a pattern or any special tools. It doesn’t take up much space in a bag and easy to pick up and put down. So much for so little. It’s Blue Moon STR in Grimm’s Fairytale (or something like that) in their light weight. I was waiting in my car to pick Hen up from school.


















