With Mother's Day approaching, my husband is making extra overtures for me to take time for myself. My annual request is pretty simple: I'd love a block of uninterrupted hours just for knitting. Whether I'm doing selfish knitting, sample knitting or gift knitting, knitting is always something that is good for me. It's good for… Continue reading Why We Knit: Mother’s Day Edition
Author: margotkziggy
Color Craze
I was born with an appreciation for minimalism. As a child I would wait for weeks for Style with Elsa Klensch to highlight the Calvin Klein runway shows, or I'd rip out pages filled with Mies van der Rohe furniture from my grandmother's Architectural Digest to add to my vision board. As a knitter, I… Continue reading Color Craze
What Can I Make With Squishy & Serenity?
I'm pretty lucky: I love knitting, sharing my joy with others and working with splendid yarns. There's been a lot of lovely stuff coming into Wool & Grace lately. My exuberant sample knitting has a lot to do with my own selfish desire to play with these lovely fibers. Recently we received a heaping load… Continue reading What Can I Make With Squishy & Serenity?
Travel Stitching
I am in full vacation mode. This is the most relaxing trip I've taken in years. My family and I are spending lots of time at the pool, lots of time at the beach, lots of time taking meandering bicycle rides from town to town. I'm also doing my fair share of knitting - because… Continue reading Travel Stitching
A Tale of Two Sweaters and some other knitting notes
Despite that I've been seemingly knitting more slowly lately, I feel like I've been a very productive knitter and have had some marvelous revelations that I felt the need to share. If you're in and out of the shop, you may know that I recently completed a shop sample, the Mitchell poncho made of Shibui's… Continue reading A Tale of Two Sweaters and some other knitting notes
