Spindles and Spices

After I baked these spherical zucchinis, I regretted not adding some jack-o-lantern style eyes and mouths. That would have made them the pe...

Sometimes, knitting from a pattern is rather boring. One needs blue prints instead.   Operation Weaving the Spider's Web started as ...

Since I've returned from Greece, I've made stuffed tomatoes at least once a week. The first batch had crunchy, undercooked rice. Th...

I love it when people send me pictures of their cats rocking the International Cat Hats ! Amy was very kind to let me post her picture of t...

Macarons the size of my fist! This is not a complaint. I came. I saw. I conquered. The boy and I are back after a glorious 3.5 weeks o...

Hot off the needles, here are my Mystery Socks designed by Jen at Knitting Like Crazy ! If you look closely, you'll see that the freshl...

 As you can tell by the uninspired title, I'm not feeling the creative juice today. But, since I'm hiding inside today after snortin...

Since I've returned from SS2011 , I've been sleeping with my knitting needles. Although I do not recommend doing this for the obvio...

While others are sweltering in heat waves, the Bay Area still hasn't made up its mind yet about summer. When the days are sunny rather ...

  Last April, Leann and I decided that we were headed to Sock Summit, a magical gathering of sock knitters that included an even more magi...