The Kittalog

Jackson is a good sport when it comes to modeling knitwear. I knit this last weekend with one skein of Tahki Yarns' Boulder, a super-ch...

I had this pretty yarn in my stash. I decided to knit up a swatch for a hat I want to make. When you swatch, you should wash the swatch i...

Springtime in the Rockies is becoming predictable. Nice weekend followed by midweek snow. This time I got a little smarter and harvested som...

Here's what was blooming (or almost blooming, in the peach tree's case) in my yard two weeks ago. That was right before a week of...

Last week I got some new bees, a package from Wyoming. Last year's bees swarmed and the hive never recovered. I was rather worried about...

We meant to go to Chez Panisse, but there was a fire there earlier this month, so we had to make alternate plans. This one was a winner.

It was a snowy day on Saturday, though not the raging blizzard we were expecting. The predicted foot of snow turned out to be 4 inches, and ...

Just when I think I'm doing OK using fewer lifelines, I flub one row and have to rip back 16. Oy. But I'll finish it one day! The...

I'm still working on the brioche scarf. I started over with fresh yarn (same color), screwed it up, ripped it back, started putting in l...

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...