When my life gets stressful with lots of due dates and major life decisions I try and find escape in fantasy, where the characters face much greater, life-threatening challenges than I ever will. It helps to put my own challenges in perspective. Usually this fantasy takes the form of some large novel, possibly a series. [...]

I think I have reached a new level of zen in knitting.  The latest project I have been working on, a diamond pattern blouse from Vintage Knits, had to be frogged (read completely ripped [ribbit] out and started anew).  I had initially thought I could modify the pattern to be in the round. However, the [...]