The Pursuit of Craftiness

Today, I am back in Shanghai. It's hot and humid, with deep blue skies - a rare treat. I'm sitting at my desk, hearing the hum of hundreds of cica...

  Krewe: I'm almost done with my 2nd color section. I love how this is working up, but it's still taking full concentration to follow the pattern. ...

They're definitely sisters, not twins, but I love them anyway.  Finished in the car on the two-day each way drive from Portland to the Green River...

  Krewe: Coming along nicely! Stripey Socks: It was going so well. I knitted the whole foot on my flight, and just when I was ready to start the he...

Hello out there! I have a special treat for you today: an interview with Lee Meredith, the very talented lady behind leethal knits, and creator of ...

  Before I moved to Shanghai, there was a specific combination of three colors - Red, Lemon, and Olive - that I closely associated with China. You ...

  Sherpa Jacket: Sleeves are coming along nicely. Sleeve #1 is 3/4 done, and I've cast on and worked about 10 rows on sleeve #2. It was completely ...

  Deep Stash Thoughts is a series of posts explaining profession design processes and tools, and how you can use them to get great results in your ...

  In Shanghai, attempting to completing even a simple tasks can take you down a rabbit hole of weirdness before depositing you back in the world yo...

   Sherpa Jacket: I cannot say enough nice things about this pattern. However, my version of it looks sort of like a geoduck at the moment - the bo...

In the first post in this series, I wrote about being in the middle of things with one's knitting or other art. Today's post is about how to set de...

Today I have a special treat to share! Melissa from the Single Handed Knits podcast and blog, and the mastermind behind Camp Aloha Friends intervie...