Several years ago I designed this poncho from leftover yarns in my stash. It is one of my favorite things to wear when the temperatures turn cool and is often a conversation starter. Sometime last year I started a second one using all greens and have just recently finished it. While it is still too … Continue reading Dreamy Poncho Revisited
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Knature & Knitting
I often stand in a place of beauty and I see it in fibers. Wools, cottons, silks, acrylics pop out of the landscape or garden I'm viewing. Colors and textures get translated into yarns. And when I go to my favorite LYS I see them: the bright colors of cocks comb and cosmos, the lovely … Continue reading Knature & Knitting
Pssst…September Newsletter is out!
Here's a peek at something you'll see and read about in this month's Newsletter! You can get it here... But why not go ahead and sign up for it to come to you each month for FREE in your email-box! Lots of inspiration for your knitterly pursuits as well as the classes I'm offering this … Continue reading Pssst…September Newsletter is out!
Knitting Up the Un-Ravelled Sleave…
After last week's move of three kids into their new "homes", I've needed this week to mend. Oldest daughter is now happily situated at Wingate University for her final year. Middle son is LOVING his first days as a freshman at East Carolina University. And youngest is enjoying her new "big kid" room she moved into … Continue reading Knitting Up the Un-Ravelled Sleave…
Turning Fifty
I know, I know. It's just a number. yet for some reason this number has been looming in my mind for a year now. Probably longer. The thought of turning a half century old has discombobulated me in such a manner I can only describe with the phrase (so telling of my age and generation): … Continue reading Turning Fifty
A Lesson in DPNS
She held what felt like chaos in her hands. Yet to my eye, her teacher, it looked like she had been knitting with double pointed needles for years. She deftly worked the four wooden needles, three to hold the stitches, one to knit across from point to point. "This is a bit overwhelming, keeping up … Continue reading A Lesson in DPNS
New Knitted Shawl Design*
Pas de Deux Shawl designed by Jennifer Edwards available for purchase on ETSY Designing and knitting a shawl mirrors life in uncanny ways. You begin with an idea, sketched out, roughly drawn and planned. Knitting begins, slowly working out stitch counts, rows, frogging stitches (and rows!) until it takes the shape you were aiming for. … Continue reading New Knitted Shawl Design*
Pointier Points & Other Weighty Matters
I mean, who really cares about whether the points on a knitted washcloth are pointier than previously knitted? I certainly don't care one way or the other...but therein lies the fun of it all! So, I finally finished my Hitchhiker Shawl, and oh what a nail-biting finish that was! Only about 2 1/2 inches of … Continue reading Pointier Points & Other Weighty Matters
Slowing Time
"Time is a relentless river. It rages on, a respecter of no one. And this, this is the only way to slow time: When I fully enter time's swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here. When I'm … Continue reading Slowing Time
May Knitterly Arts Newsletter!
My Knitterly Arts Newsletter for the month of May is now out and about! Be sure to subscribe to receive it every month FREE in your email box. Wishing you an artful day! *** Jennifer