I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and share my sprouts. They make me so happy growing away there on the counter.
I have read that the Chinese solved the whole scurvy problem on sea voyages by growing bean sprouts while at sea — it’s such an elegant solution and much more appetizing than rotten fruit.
I hope the new year is full of elegant solutions for difficult problems.
New on my Parallax Knitting blog
- Grey feather and fan cardiI knit this cardigan last summer for publication; I planned to submit it to Knitty, but never got it together: I haven’t worn it really, but it is lovely – perhaps this week. It is knit from Rowan Wool Cotton, which is a wonderful yarn. I used to want to knit with yarns that mix a [...] […]
- Putting things togetherI spent some time a few days ago compiling some bits of fabric and embroidery thread to make some embroidered patchwork cushions for our living room. Here is the first one: I recently cut the patterned silk off the bottom of a dress that was never the right length (it was something my ex-husband [...] […]
- A lazy weekendSince I don’t have any knitting deadlines, I have been spending some time doing other projects that I have been thinking about for a while. Here is a tea towel I hemmed last weekend: My Granny gave the linen toweling to me years ago. I hemmed all the blue cloth then, but I still had this [...] […]
- On soul searchingI have spent time over the last few months thinking about my knitting design, and I am just not sure I want to do this anymore. I have a job, and I want to have a life outside work, and knitting has begun to feel like more work to me. There is so much support required [...] […]
- Inside Crochet, Issue 7 is out!And with it my Lace cardigan pattern (Ravelry link here): And I even made the cover — it just doesn’t get any more gratifying than that. It really doesn’t. This is my first crochet pattern, and now that it has all worked out okay I can admit it, the first thing I have crocheted in almost [...] […]
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