BTW

I keep forgetting to say: if you read my blog and enjoy it or have anything to say about it, please leave a comment so I know I'm not just talking to myself. Thanks!

A Website and Other Endevours

I now have a website where you can make comments about anything I have made/you have bought and from where you can place orders. It is a work-in-progress, so please be patient and check back often. It is WarmGlowKnits.com check it out! :0)


Like most knitters, I also have other artistic outlets. I sing a little, dance a little, but my favourite artistic thing to do outside of knitting is writing. I love words and composition. The pure joy one gets from creating a character and making them grow through tragedy or love, or whatever their story is, is just so...fulfilling. I am working on several stories in my head at any given time and and actively writing at least two. The editing process...well, that's certainly not my favourite part but I do enjoy seeing how you can uncover the beauty at the heart of a story once you slough off all the unnecessary verbiage and how real the characters can become to the reader when you reduce all the "high-faluting mumbo-jumbo" as Gilbert Blythe would say. Anyway I am working on an idea that I may be able to tell you more about later. For now, thanks for reading!

Read on, write on, live on, rock on!

Vineyard, Accomplishments, Six Cute Boys and One Gorgeous Gal

I just completed my 7th Fylleryd Shawl. I love everything about this pattern. This one was made from Shadow Lace in the Vineyard Heather colourway from knitpicks. (P.S. when you misspell "Heather" iPad will suggest you either meant "Heather" or "Heathen". Ah the gulf between those two words. It's big.)
Anyway, I love this yarn and the colour is fantastic! Basically, it's deep purple but there is just enough red in the strand to be visible as you're working it. I have yet to block it but I am so excited to see it finished!

I turn 27 this week. I am not concerned about turning 30. I know I will still look much younger than I am and that I will still be annoyed by that fact. (As a side note, a couple of college kids stopped at my door and when I told them my age their jaws literally dropped. They thought I was 18...) And so the fact that 30 is only 3 years away means nothing to me. However, every year I think about turning one year older and wonder how this happened. And occasionally feel like I haven't accomplished anything. And I should have, right? I mean, by 27 I should have done SOMETHING, you know? So I decided instead of sitting around in a puddle of my own discontent, I would put together a list of 27 things I have accomplished in my 27 years on this planet. It's not finished. You'll have to wait. And there you have that.

While I knit, I watch TV. I admit it. Recently, I've been watching "Malcolm in the Middle" on Netflix. I have come to love this show. There's the obvious silliness (I mean roll-your-eyes ridiculousness), but there's a whole lot of heart which I really like. Bryan Cranston' & Jane Kaczmarek's performances in the episode "Hal Grieves" was subtle and absolutely beautiful. Although Reese was a total slime ball thug on the surface, there was a quiet pain beneath that which was so true to life (often the "toughest", scariest people are really just the most damaged). Dewey, ah Dewey. He just makes me smile. In the first couple seasons, the character reminds me a little of myself at that age. Every time I hear that little lisp and see the dimple in his chin I just want to give him a cuddle. (Yes, I know Eric Per Sullivan is now 20-something and probably bigger than I am but I. Don't. Care.) I have the least to say about Francis & Malcolm. I like these characters and there are some lovely moments from both Frankie Muniz and Christopher Kennedy Masterson but overall I didn't find them quite as interesting as the other characters. All-in-all, I think that this show was well cast and beautifully acted. I will now hold up my hand and declare that, yes, I am a fan.

Peace out, y'all.

Knitstant Gratification

I was listening to one of my favourite podcasts (Christian O'Connell's Daily Choice Cuts) and they were talking about personal bests. One guy ate an entire powdered jelly doughnut in 20 seconds flat including chewing and swallowing. (WHAT?!) Well I got thinking about my personal knitting bests. I knit four Fylleryd shawls in two months. That breaks down to roughly two weeks per shawl. Considering there are several thousand stitches to each shawl, that's pretty stinkin' good! But the best is that out of the seven I have now made, two of them took one week to complete. THAT is a best. Now some people may think... ONE WEEK? That's a personal best? Yes. That is a best. The thing I was thinking about is this: for a knitter, completing a big project in one week is instant gratification. This is a strange concept for some people, but I know there knitters out there who are just nodding their heads right now. And THAT, people is all I have to say. About that.
Be safe and knit on rockers!

Design Project Pah!

I just finished my latest design project. It's a scarf and fingerless mitts with an all-over diamond cable pattern. The original set was made in a plum colour. I'm also working on two black sets. I have commissions for these through the end of the year. So exciting!
Cheers, peeps!