The Kittalog

My goal in learning the brioche stitch and spending months on the one-color scarf was this two-color pattern. Nancy Marchant's Alex sca...

I have a new resolution for 2014: Finish this shawl. Yes, 2014. This pattern has a cast-on of 361 stitches. You work 121 rows of knitting ...

Well, that was fun! A fairly quick, easy knit that looks more complicated than it was. I learned how bad I am at estimating how much yarn I ...

Over the summer I expressed an interest in getting a sewing machine, and my most awesome mother-in-law said, "I have an extra machine y...

I got worried that I was going to run out of yarn before I finished. I have a third skein, but I really don't want to break into it for ...

So the knit-along has begun. I actually got started on Sunday and I'm glad I did, as I needed different needles and also had to look up...

Happy New Year! Almost, anyway. We took the dogs to the dog park on Christmas Day and someone had decorated a tree with brightly colored t...

I wasn't really planning to start knitting again, but I had an opportunity to take a class with Nancy Marchant, the Queen of Brioche. Th...

I left my old job and got a new job and that's been quite an adjustment. But I'm doing fine. The Sergeant's fine. The cats and...

In our cooking class at the Vietnam Cookery Center in Ho Chi Minh City, fried spring rolls (cha gio) were the first course. If you're m...

Life has been busy lately, for me and the bees. Three days after installing that package at my friends' place, I went back to release...

... to bring you a post about bees. Some friends ordered a package of bees for their hive this year. The swarm that took up residence last ...

In Hanoi's Old Quarter there's a lovely peaceful lake called Hoan Kiem. At the north end of the lake there's a little island wi...