Claudia's Blog

One of my biggest knitting challenges is measuring. It seems so straightforward: put down the knitting, whip out a tape measure and measure it. No sweat, right?
Well, not really.
The first issue I ...

Sometimes I stop and take pictures of things and I really don't know why.
I hope the kid got his bike back.

Knitting (me) and raking (hubby) co-produced this picture.
This is the back of the Apres Surf Hoodie, done almost up to the beginning of the armholes. So nice for my hands to get re-acquainted with...

And here is the story of my work week and my upcoming glorious work-free weekend, in metaphor.
"I may only be a weed, but despite the odds I have grown up through this pile of lumber and survived t...

Some Wednesdays dawn bright and clear with the hope of better days ahead.

Some Mondays start out like this, all at once:
1. Hmmm, that's a funny meow.... non-caffeinated slowness....she usually only does that when she's about to...
blechhhhh.....
Hurl.
Hurl on the carpet...

Apparently Halloween has expanded into "Halloween week", at least with respect to all the scary movies and spooky specials on the tellyvision this past little while. Myself, I don't care for fake b...

One of my Rhinebeck souvenirs was, sadly, a cold virus. The coughing and nose-blowing haven't been conducive to knitting, but:
I might be slowed down, but I'm not out. One husband sock. Finished. A...

While looking over the wares of the vendors at Rhinebeck, this little number caught my eye at the Windy Valley Muskox booth:
I really liked the neck shaping of this sweater, with its interesting dr...

Well, I said that I wanted some non-orange sock yarn.
For those further interested in this sock craziness (of which Sil and I bought three skeins, plan to be revealed later), this is Aussi Sock fro...