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I’m going on Sunday with my friend Karen: New York State Sheep and Wool Festival (popularly known as Rhinebeck, after the town it’s held in). I’ve been once before, and I’m looking forward to going back. I’ve recently been picking up my knitting needles again, so it doesn’t seem such an extravagance to consider buying [...]

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I’ll only give you one line of setup for the coffeeshop story related at The Panopticon: Dawn of the Dumb
“Um, okay. Well, I have a lot of work to do, and I was really hoping you might be getting ready to leave.”
You’ll just have to go there to see the brilliant resolution to the drama.

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An online catalog of “New School Knitting: The Influence of Elizabeth Zimmermann and Schoolhouse Press”.

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In a previous post I described the knitting retreat I’m leading at Woolman Hill Nov. 4-6. (You can download a flyer with registration form there.)
I don’t have a very firm plan yet, but it will probably go something like this:
Friday evening:

collecting ourselves in the present with some silence
invite people to take out their knitting (if [...]

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I’d like everyone who reads my blog to know about this retreat I’m leading in November. It’s open to anyone who wants a knitting retreat. You don’t have to be a Quaker to come.
HANDWORK/HEARTWORKA Weekend Knitting RetreatNovember 4-6, 2005
We’ll have time for uninterrupted periods of knitting, both with conversation and in silence, as well as [...]

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Bob gave me two beautifully designed knitting books for my birthday. They are a joy to look through, and I’ve even knitted up a few samples. I hope to take and post photos soon.

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I was so excited about The Knitting Way: A Guide to Spiritual Self-Discovery by Linda Skolnik and Janice MacDaniels. It was delayed from the original publication date; I even called the publisher to find out when it was shipping. I ran right out and bought it.
Never have I been so disappointed. I bought it months [...]

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Two Sweaters for My Father: Writing about Knitting satisfies on several levels, and is amusing on another (unintended, I’m sure). This is a wonderful collection of essays, mostly published in Knitter’s Magazine. Perri Klass writes about an experience I share: Knitting can calm the mind and help it to be fully present in the moment–including [...]

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By Susan Gordon Lydon.
I loved Lydon’s The Knitting Sutra. She has a beautiful writing style. But this book just doesn’t do it for me (others, of course will find it just what they need).
Here’s an example of the very best of the writing in the book:
It has occurred to me that I am helping to [...]

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Bookfinder reports that The Principles of Knitting by June Hiatt, a “Voluminous reference on knitting techniques”, is the tenth-most-requested out of print book of 2004: BookFinder.com Journal: Top 10 out of print books of 2004.
(thanks to H2Oboro library blog.)

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