Knits

A lovely pink Rowan yarn flew all the way from Cleveland, Ohio to enter my stash cupboard. This was 8 years ago, when knitting was just beginning to raise its crafty head in the horizon of my mind. J...

The clear blue sky has cottony white clouds scudding all over its surface. The first gusts of the North Wind have begun stirring up trees and bushes, still green with the monsoon water bonanza. The fo...

And so, today, when the skies are chiffon and grey with rain clouds, the forest trees are draped in rain, and silent birds watch the steady downpour of rain, I am taking you down the Lace Trail with m...

Take four hanks of yarn, a pair of thick knitting needles (5 mm size, to be specific) and the Barbara G. Walker classic, “A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns”. Find a quiet, well-lit alcove to settl...

Bimla, Deepa, Geeta, Gudiya, Kavita, Mamta, Meena----the original seven. We have traversed a long path in the last 18 months, learning and enriching each others’ lives. From those early wintery March...

FAQ #1. What do I knit while sitting in this little hamlet, staring at the pine trees (and my favorite TV serials), listening to bird-song and online music, and living a semi-rural life? Friends—new a...

The last two days have been dedicated to finishing the bits and ends of some knitting project. Today was also dedicated to an annual project which is becoming more dear to me with every passing year....

I have been absent from this space for a week…that is a long time in blog-land, especially when one is just embarking on the journey! It was a week of remembering you all, wanting to reach out and sho...