“I just knit.”

I love this article from the Hartford Courant. Sixteen-year-old Ruby Alvarez says, “When I knit I don’t think about anything. I just knit. It helps me relax. When I’m sad and feel down I knit. It just makes me feel better. I recommend it to others that are going through …

This Neckline

Do you know about Mati Ventrillon? She’s the French-Venezuelan architect turned knitwear designer who made the news a couple of years ago when Chanel featured some of her designs without attributing them to her. She lives on Fair Isle (along with only 54 other people) and spends the year caring for a flock …

Things I’m Loving On This Monday

Since the ability to write meaningfully about ideas, even knitting ones, has apparently left me, here are some miscellaneous things I’m loving on this Monday. These Chilean Men taking their needles to the streets:     The February #yarnlovechallenge happening on Instagram. I blogged about Lola’s short-lived sweater here:       …

My People

I’m lucky enough to call all of the people interviewed and mentioned in this article friends. During these days when counting blessings is essential, I consider this a big one.

Happy Friday!

Since the current state of knitting here at Chez Knit Potion is mostly my looking longingly at my WIPs while I remind myself to get back to work, I thought I’d take a page out of last week’s book and share some of the  fun links I’ve come across online over the last few …

My Best Companion

This video interview with Kaffe Fassett is absolutely wonderful. I came across it on My Sister’s Knitter and am so thankful I did. It’s been around since 2012, so I don’t know how I haven’t already seen it, but I’m thinking it’s one of those things that just came up at …

In The News

Check out this article: Oceanography Yarn-Bombed. The research vessel Falkor has an artist-in-residence, and she happens to be a knitter! I don’t know exactly why I love this so much, but I do.   A photo posted by spam KNITsubi (@spamknitsubi) on Mar 8, 2016 at 11:44am PST   While …

F is for . . .

Today’s post is brought to you by the letter “F”—as in, finished object, forests, and famous walkers. Here’s the finished object. The Travel Shawl is off the needles! It was a great knit. I’ll say more about it later when I get some better photos, but the bottom line is …

Don’t Ask, Walk!

No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life. There may be countless trails and bridges and demigods who would gladly carry you across; but only at the price of pawning and forgoing yourself. There is one path in the …