3 stripes? 4 stripes?
It would be no stripes, no sweater, no knitting, no nothing, if Lady Luchi had her way! The house looks like a battlefield deserted by an army of fleeing knitters. Yarn balls have become heaps of tan...
17 Jun 2016
Posts by Needlestosaymore
09 Jun 2016
Happiness is a warm Puppy…Lady Luchi arrives
Last week, this time, it was Peppu and me getting ready for our daily forest romp. Water and bowl and mobile in bag, we set off with Bruni, Kajal, Choti and Mystery. Fun at the cracked water pipe, fun...
30 May 2016
When knitting swings…
From one incomplete project to another...from one interesting technique to another great colour combination...from one request to another desire. How do we get to the finish line for even ONE of these...
28 May 2016
Why Mountains?
Why not the seaside? Why not a small town on the banks of the humid Cauvery? Why not a penthouse in Bangalore with excellent Wi Fi facilities and no actual requirement to descend to the pavement to bu...
24 May 2016
Ups and Downs
Random events which have been cruising through my life, while I was waiting for inspiration to strike and exquisite prose to come gushing out of this keyboard. The build up to the full moon of Budh P...
10 May 2016
The definitive guide to planting trees….Himalayan foothills
Grey skies, rain filled clouds, moist forest slopes....the mountains are looking green and gorgeous in this summer month...today, actually. Not too long ago, there was smoke, angry fires, loud media ...
07 May 2016
The joy of completion
It started two years ago. Yes, around the same time as this blog! I wanted to try hexagons with all the left over yarn balls stashed away in two drawers. This perfect pattern from Attic 24, combined ...
05 May 2016
After the forest fire..
This year, the media has taken up the annual issue of forest fires, smoke and soot, death and destruction of flora and fauna, and what are we humans doing--from starting the fire ( by villagers cleari...
29 Apr 2016
To be ( get) or not to be ( get)
It will soon be 8 weeks of Biskit leaving us for the Rainbow Bridge. I look down at her grave, with its little sapling of scented geranium, count the number of sprouting leaves on her memorial shrub, ...
26 Apr 2016
Tough..
That is the one word which is used most often, by local hill people, to describe living in the hills. The knitters, the shopkeepers, the help, the taxi drivers, the people at the checkpoint...conversa...