The Pursuit of Craftiness

This pattern is a triple love letter – first, to the amazing way brioche ribs interlace and float above one another, second, to precious handspun y...

It looks intense, right? I missed an increase, and wasn’t willing to rip back 34 rows, so I ripped back the entire section, and re-knit it. My main...

I’ve written before about the charming flock of long-tailed parrotlets whose neighborhood we inhabit. They’re lovely and green with red beaks and, ...

There’s a new fella on the loose! I’ve seen this gorgeous rooster several times while out walking the dog. He’s what’s known here as a kampong chic...

This gorgeous purple thing has been getting short shrift for the last few months. It’s a rather heavily modified version of Confetti. Between lots ...

Hello Hello!  The blog was down much longer than I intended. My house move (back at the end of September) took a lot more energy than I was expecti...

Hello! The blog is on hold while I move house. Please keep your fingers crossed for an easy transition!

Early in my Singapore adventure, a cab driver described the country this way: “Singapore - no natural resources, no natural disasters.” He’s not wr...

This beauty spent an entire morning in the tree outside my office. He or she is about the size of a red-tailed hawk, and made me very glad I’m not ...

One of the ironies of running a yarn business is you tend to not have time or energy for your own knitting. Earlier this summer in what can only be...

A favorite papery flower, shown growing in Yunnan province, and its interpretation as a yarn.  I love my job.