The Stonecutter
Cables are my Achilles heel, my favorite flavor, the most predictable choice for a new sweater when I am the knitter. I love the classic cabled look, the way cables entwine and coil their way up a s...
12 Mar 2015
Posts by Needlestosaymore
01 Mar 2015
The waning of winter
March has dripped into existence today. At 6 am, I can hear raindrops drumming a slow staccato rhythm on the tin ledges. Its dark and cold outside--winter is putting up a strong fight, but spring wit...
04 Feb 2015
On a platform
Some weeks ago, a quiet email dropped into my inbox. An email from the Vodafone Foundation with a large Pdf attachment which took a few quiet seconds to download into my inbox and open for my eyes onl...
31 Jan 2015
All my bags are packed
The car has been cleaned, dusted and swept clean. Fuel tank filled, tire pressures checked, hydraulic jack mechanism learnt. Dogs have been watching their Pedigree get packed, combs and brushes and h...
29 Jan 2015
Teacher throw
The entire month of Jan has been dedicated to this throw. It is still to reach that final stage of completion, but the journey has been nothing but lessons and fables and aches n pains and reflections...
27 Jan 2015
A new sweater every year
Phrases have this delightful way of acquiring new implications with changing times. In a life spanning nine decades, there would be changing times aplenty. I was a witness to some of these changes in...
22 Jan 2015
What do I do while knitting….
That seems like the ultimate dorky statement of the year...One knits while knitting, right?! Oh no, that is like saying that one just eats at mealtimes! meals, especially family meals are all about c...
21 Jan 2015
Cricket World Cup finals…in our hamlet
Last Sunday,while Australia and India slugged it out in an initial World Cup match, in that distant island/continent, I watched the nail-biting final match of the Govindpur Cup. For company and chee...
16 Jan 2015
January, Hema and money
It's a cold, cold dawn at 6 am. The dense black sky still has a carpet of shimmering fading stars and the first rose tint over the great Himalayas has yet to happen. My January project continues to t...
12 Jan 2015
January jumble
Six magenta and white puppies landed on my doorstep this Jan. They were made of 100% acrylic, american yarn and weighed a pound each. Bulky, soft, exciting yarn balls which just stay quietly on the...