On Teaching Jason to Knit.

 Jason is a friend of mine, a writer who used to, let's be frank, make fun of my knitting. It's because he makes fun of everything -- it's just his way. Then he made the mistake of admitting that he kind of wanted to learn how to knit too, so I taught him. It took a few hours (because I can't sit still and teach in a very linear way), but by the time he left my house, he'd gotten it.

He was surprised that it was harder than it looks [cough-I-make-everything-look-easy-cough]. He had his second lesson tonight, on picking up dropped stitches, of course. He said he's worried that he's going to finish his first project, a beanie in Lamb's Pride Bulky, too soon and not have anything else to knit until he can get back up to my place so I can help him cast on again (he lives 45 minutes away). Is that not the cutest thing ever? Maybe. It might be. I'm so proud of him.

On Another One.

 

This is my version of sev[en]circle. I first saw one of these babies in Portland. The yarn is bits and bobs of Noro Kureyon and a little Silk Garden. I didn't expect the thing to be so warm, but it really is. I LOVE IT.

On Babies in Bonnets.

This little nugget is the long-awaited baby girl of my friends Derek and Rachel. Her name is Rose, but they called her Nugget for the extent of Rachel's pregnancy, so it's hard for me to call her anything else. I knit the little baby bonnet out of Knit Picks Shine Sport and Manos Cotton Stria. Credit goes to Rachel for picking the colors.

TEST!

This has been a test of the Mobile Blogging System. If this had been an actual blog post, you would have died of shock.