When you're sparring in the karate studio, you wear protective gear: foam padded "boots", shin guards, gloves, helmet, and a mouth guard.  My mouth guard lived in a plastic case clipped on to my gear bag, until the mouth guard fell out and vanished.  I got

One of my 2011 Resolutions was to knit something with Wollmeise.  I wanted to see if the yarn is worth the hype.  I have 5 skeins, two of the same colour, collected over 2 years and never touched.  I picked a skein of Wollmeise 100% merino superwash in Spina di

Larix is a semi-circular shawl with columns of twisted stitches instead of lace, made with fingering weight yarn. Pattern: Larix (Ravelry link) Yarn: Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga in Giant Stick Insect, 2 skeins Needles: US4 (40 inch circular) Duration: 30th October 2010 to 22nd January 2011 Ravelry project: Larix Shawl

Finished this scarf in the lobby of the karate studio between group class and sparring.  People see me knitting there almost every week, often wearing handknit socks, yet they're still surprised when they see the finished objects being worn, as if they don't connect knitting with

This is the third one of these I have knitted, and I've releasing the pattern as a free Ravelry download. Pattern: My own: Orwell Bridge scarf (Ravelry link) Yarn: Rowan RYC Silk Wool DK Needles: US3 and US4 Duration: 1st January to 9th January Ravelry project: Orwell Bridge

A friend pointed me to the Minimalist Knitter handbook (free download here) by Robyn Devine of the Minimalist Knitter blog.  The ideas in the handbook are: 1. Knit through the stash until you have 40 skeins or less. 2. Don't buy yarn unless you can knit it in