Endings…and New Beginnings

Yesterday I attended my youngest grandson’s preschool graduation, an event both exciting and bittersweet. For the past four and a half years, both sets of grandparents have tag-teamed caring for him while his parents work. It seems like it has taken no time at all to...

World Wide Knit in Public Day

What is World Wide Knit in Public Day? Knitting is often a solitary activity. We knit on the couch while we watch TV or listen to a book or podcast. If the pattern is difficult, we may knit in silence. Relative silence, anyway, as we coach ourselves through...

Banana Faith

I’ve been thinking (“You’re always thinking,” my husband says). While there have been many things to worry about during this time of pandemic and sheltering in place, my worries have all taken up residence in the issue of grocery shopping....

A Knitter’s Legacy

Lo, these many years ago, my mother taught me to knit. As a fumble-fingered seven-year-old, I produced a tiny red doll scarf with a fair number of unintended holes. I wouldn’t pick up knitting needles again until I was twelve. A brand-new auntie, I wanted to...