Rush Hour Knitting

Traveling Sock went to the beach today. While Traveling Sock sat back and enjoyed the view, its knitter braved the waves and wiped out several times. (Strong surf, today!) She then proceeded to acquire a delightfully tender patch of sunburn on her left knee. The sock is not sympathetic, because clearly the knitter should have [...]

I’ve got a backlog of things blocked and finished to show you… …but the Traveling Sock and I are in Vermont until tomorrow, soaking up the beautiful views. Traveling Sock says hi, by the way.

The Traveling Sock and I went out to Lancaster with my friend Melissa and her husband today, because Melissa was showing two of her pictures in a show. The Sock loves to hang with celebrities. So I made Melissa take a picture with it: (That’s one of her photographs behind her, in the black & [...]

The Traveling Sock is not going out today. This is because there is a nor’easter raging outside. When I took that picture a few hours ago it was just flurries, but now the wind is howling and the trees are creaking to and fro. The radio is using words like “blizzard warning” and “possible whiteout [...]

It’s been a while since my socks took a trip, hasn’t it. Well, last weekend my dear friend J. came down for the weekend to see a little Christmas, so I brought a sock along. The Sock went to Radio City Music Hall: I have seen the Christmas Spectacular quite a few times now (one [...]

Vermont is lovely in October. You should all get yourself a sister in Vermont so you can visit her and see things like this: This is the view from Grand Isle when you’re waiting for the ferry over Lake Champlain. And this is the view of my sister’s new Basset puppy Eeyore, investigating my sock [...]

All right. My mitt pattern has been going like gangbusters which makes me very happy. My Rhinebeck budget thanks you all sincerely, and would you all please put pictures up in Ravelry already so I can see what everyone’s come up with? Thank you. In the meantime, I have finished a pair of socks that [...]

Yesterday my mom and I took the train into the city to watch the Steuben Day Parade. (It’s named for Baron von Steuben, a German general who worked with Washington during the Revolutionary War, so they have adopted his name for the celebration of German heritage in the States.) We saw lots of stuff: It [...]

Literally! I was at a picnic today, where I dined on lots of shellfish: drank lots of delicious delicious pomegranate Mike’s, and waded in the water. This is the beach where I learned to swim back in the day, and I love every last rock and gigantic chunk of seaweed. There’s a little sand in [...]

I was on the road again this weekend; a short trip — I’m home already! I had to be down in Washington for a day so I took Amtrak down. So much preferable to planes. No crazy security lines, much more room to stretch out or to wander to get a cup of tea, and [...]