My first attempt at stranded color work. Alpine Bloom pattern with alpaca+wool yarn. 🧶💙

Finishing up a sweet lil baby sweater for new grandchild. LOVE this yarn—hand-dyed worsted merino+cashmere from Atelier Yarns in S.F.

Back to BlueSky for my mental health. Current WIP—Knitting for Olive pattern with merino & mohair/silk. 🧶💙

Thinking of doing a photo montage of my snoozing doggo.

Started a Mary Maxim knit kit, a super-soft blanket for my incubating grandbaby. 💙🧶

Pano photo of throw with garter-stitch border & moss-stitch interior using Hobbii Fantasy yarn. 💙🧶

Fun cabled fingerless gloves using Hobbii teatime acrylic. Having a love affair with sunset-colored yarn. 💙🧶

Sabai pattern in Noro Akari yarn. Loving it! 💙🧶

Cables conquered! And not as scary as I’d feared. 💙🧶

Making progress on my silk+cashmere sweater. Short sleeves, so I finished them. Just 18 more inches of body to go. 💙🧶

New WIP. Have had the pattern for a while but finally found the perfect yarn for it—a gorgeous periwinkle silk-cashmere. 💙🧶

Knitting up a ribbed hood+cowl in cool stretchy alpaca yarn (Y2K in Chillax). 💙🧶

So the U.S. is now executing death-row inmates by firing squad. How on brand—the cruelty of MAGA is exceeded only by its ineptitude. God save us all.

My dog Roxie likes being as close as possible to your face. Case in point.

Done! 💙🧶

Trying to finish the second sleeve on my alpaca sweater, listening to the rain & Norah Jones.

Body done, one arm on DPNs. So far, the fit is perfect. 😊 💙🧶

My next knitting project. Strathcona sweater (Ravelry) using an acrylic-wool blend in Rosewood. Extra-bulky yarn. 💙🧶

Finally got tired of cobbling together crappy knitting needles & cables, so I invested in some decent tools. Very happy with them. 💙🧶

Arms separated! Knitting 🧶💙

So glad I frogged my alpaca sweater & started again with another pattern. Loving the results. My first doubled neck! Drops Deep Ocean pattern using Drops Air & Mayflower Elba yarn. Knitting 🧶💙

Rewatching Babylon 5 for the fourth or fifth time. Even with the ‘90s Atari visuals, it’s a fantastic series.

Kudos to John Scalzi. Starter Villain is great, with a kick-ass ending. Books 💙📚

Another knitting WIP, using my beautiful Drops Air blown-alpaca yarn as well as a strand of lace alpaca yarn. The pattern is also Drops: Fritid. 💙🧶

Show us your knits! Drops design using Paris cotton yarn. Sleeves separated; working on the body. 🧶💙

Another hat. I’m liking the subtle chevron pattern in the middle section. 💙🧶 knitting

Another tricky hat on the needles. I love how it looks like cables without the hassle of actually doing cables. Berroco sesame yarn in cherry blossom. Knitting 💙🧶

My new knitted hat being modeled by my adorbs grandson. The pattern took me way too long to conquer. 💙🧶

I love bashing my way through a new stitch. This one is a half-twist rib knit. Nice & squishy with a defined rib but less stretch. 💙🧶

Got the worsted-weight Tea Time (rather than XL) from Hobbii & am very happy with it. The color is maté. Knitting 💙🧶

Loving this chainette cotton-wool yarn—so easy to knit with! Knitted fingerless gloves almost done. 💙🧶

John Pavlovitz has really been speaking to my soul recently.

I wish everyone could feel this knitted material! Drops Air (blown alpaca) plus lace-weight alpaca yarn. Like a cloud. 💙🧶

Just finished my knitted cowl—so soft & squishy! 💙🧶

can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹

Doubled cowl in super-bulky fleece yarn, WIP. So soft! 💙🧶

Happiness is a lapful of alpaca yarn. 💙🧶

Just blocked my first troll, and it felt good. Stay positive and don’t engage.

So much this.

One down, one to go. Loving these knitted fingerless gloves with Danish color-changing yarn. 🧶

And this, gentlefolk, is why we block Trumpists on sight.

Is you’re currently feeling hopeless, I recommend watching/rewatching The Martian. It’ll pick you right up. 🎞️

I just heard my first white-throated sparrow of the season. Winter is here. 💙

Two fun reads by Jean Hanff Korelitz. 📚💙

Do not obey in advance. Be better than the Washington Post.

Took a long walk with a friend this afternoon and am noticing a loosening in the tightness I’ve had in my chest since D-Day. Hang in there, my American friends & family. We’ll make it through together.