Thanksgiving and Garlic Potatoes…

Every Thanksgiving, my husband Bill would concoct his garlic potatoes. I’d make the bird, and he’d whip up such a delicious batch of homemade garlic potatoes that the bowl would be naked by the end of the meal.

Let’s Talk About Giving Back…

A lot of knitters, crocheters and crafters give back. It’s just what we do. Recently I stumbled across a couple of new and positive “takes” on the Giving Back genre.

Jimmy Beans Wool, a large LYS and Web presence, and Vogue Knitting have teamed up to create five $800 Beans for Brains scholarships. According to the Web site, “the Beans for Brains

Adventures at StitchesEast….

Going to StitchesEast was like diving into a box of chocolates. Not that everything suited my taste, but, boy, I sure relished what did.

Delicious would be a word I’d use for some of the new and favorite yarns I brought home. 

For Vicki and Bill…

Bill and Vicki

Vicki’s husband, Bill Tapply, just lost his two-year battle with leukemia. During those two years, and for many previous years, they shared wonderful times and a great love.

Vicki will be back writing her blog in a week or so.

Bags…bags…do we have knitting bags…

I’m not sure what got me started on this, but I’ve been obsessing lately on the perfect knitting bag. Of course, I’ve yet to find it, but there sure are some neat bags out there. I’ve listed more than 15 purveyers of knitting bags. How? Well, I polled some buddies on Twitter, 

Shepard Fairey and “Close Knit”

Shepard Fairey, he of the iconic Obama posters, has painted a work for a charity auction. “Close Knit” depicts two girls knitting. I love what he has to say about art and knitting:

Jurassic Park anyone…?

Scary dinosaur atop a human.

Oh, dear… This reminds me of a creature in Jurassic Park. I think it spit.

Oh, NO! It's eaten the human!

Read more about her tragic end here, at Craftastrophe.

A Poem is like a melody…

Not a poem, but a very cute porcupine.

It’s all about a poem, one to be knit by You. Just imagine – knitters around the world, click, clacking away as they contribute to the world’s first giant knitted poem. Plus, ArtYarn has launched a new social networking site for contemporary knitting and crochet called Subversive Yarn. 

A Praying Tampon?

Only a small part of the whole, hideous picture.

I just discovered this marvelous Web site, Craftastrophe. The site has all sorts of creepy-funny crafts gone bad. And I mean bad. But, really, KnittingNews is all about knitting, right? Would I let you down? Naw. Here’s a small preview. Just click through to see the Praying Tampon. (Craftastrophe’s utterly apt phrase.)

Talk about a knitalong…

Award-winning artist Rania Hassan loves her knitting. I mean, she really loves her knitting, as evidenced by her marvelous sculpture/mixed media work “Knit Together.”

"Knit Together," Renwick award winner