By now I am guessing that most of you have seen Julie & Julia, the movie about Julia Child and Julie Powell. Even if you haven’t seen it, you might have seen the original episode of The French Chef where Julia Child flips some potatoes in a pan and talks about the need to have [...]
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Having the courage of your convictions
Posted in knitting, making things on January 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Knitted snake scarf — for a grown-up
Posted in knitting on January 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Readers of this blog will probably remember my post (last September) about the knitted snake scarf I made (originally for my nephew). That post set off a series of conversations with a friend, M, who was so taken with the scarf that she wondered if I could knit a snake big enough for an adult. [...]
Learning to knit
Posted in family, knitting, recollections on December 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Last week one of the commenters on my blog asked me about when and how I learned to knit and I decided to respond here. It’s not a long story but it comes with pictures. My mother was not a knitter. Maybe in reaction to her own mother, who was a high school art and [...]
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