Squid Knits

Knitting is linear. One stitch follow another, row follows row and piece follows piece until the whole is constructed. Crochet is linear, ta...

  Back in November I got together with my childhood buddies, Annette and Allison. The three of us met as “first families” in Co-op City in t...

  New Beginnings It’s official, I’m retired. It has been a week now and it is still sinking in. All of a sudden I have time. I can just … be...

Eight  Ten pair of leggings (workout style). (Pattern links at bottom of post) That's how many I have made since my love affair with me-...

 Slowing Down I have a hard time holding back when I get an idea I really want to try. For example, last week’s post. Go back, read it, comm...

  Failure or Lesson? I frequently encounter the phrases “I could never do that,” “I would mess it up,” “what if I make a mistake,” “that loo...

If the last post was about finishing then this post needs to be about starting. (The topic of continuing will be another post.) While the fi...

I like to finish what I start. When I talk to other knitters I often hear that they have lots of unfinished projects. Unsewn sweaters, wraps...

As a little kid I had dreams of being a seamstress.  I would sew dresses out of old sheets and trim them with lace from old panties. I even ...

  As I stated in my last post, my dive back into sewing was driven by one particular social media post. For some reason (known only to the a...

Ssssss .... I'm Sssssewing ... Sssssee you after Halloween! (And after Parent Teacher Conferencessssss ...) Have a Ssssspectacular ... S...