The recent season premiere of Mad Men had many people buzzing. It’s such a popular show that Newsweek celebrated the return of the series with an issue chock full of 1960’s style advertising. As I flipped through the pages, enjoying the ads and all of the photos accompanying the articles I had to smile. That…
DetailsBefore leaving on any trip the first thing I do is pack my knitting bag. My clothing gets shoved in the backpack in a matter of minutes, which explains a lot about why I often end up packing the wrong clothes for whatever weather we encounter, but the knitting gets special attention. This was to…
DetailsThis week marked our fifth time to host Warm Showers bicyclists at our farm. It’s always a treat to meet the interesting people who chose, for whatever reason, to travel by bicycle. This time our guests were four women, Jane, Stephanie, Jeanie, and Chelsea who are riding across the US promoting bicycle safe routes. You…
Details[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth_last] [/one_fourth_last] Announcing the First Annual Lost City Knits NCAA Basketball Tournament Pool! Yes, March Madness hits Lost City, too, but here it should be called March MadKnits. Anyone who is interested in yarn is welcome to enter, because we’re going to pony up winner’s choice…
DetailsThe past few week’s knitting has been devoted entirely to hands and feet projects. The two socks from the last post are each coming along nicely. Stalagmites from the Cookie A. book Knit.Sock.Love require concentration because of the intricate cables but I am thoroughly loving them. The DVD Socks are completely rocking the bright orange…
DetailsOn my personal Facebook and Twitter profiles I include the description “reader of fat books”. Which is true. For several years I kept a link to my Goodreads shelf in the sidebar of my old blog. It’s no longer in the sidebar but if you’re on Goodreads you can find me as lostcityknits. I love…
DetailsCongratulations to Colleen of Utah who won our first PathWays Sock Yarn giveaway!! The Random Generator over at Random.org picked Colleen from the entries in our Facebook contest. Several years ago when Christopher and I were planning a vacation to Canyonlands and Arches in Utah with a swing through Santa Fe, and Taos, New Mexico…
DetailsDuring my early years as a knitter I both began knitting socks and attended the Taos Wool Festival. Driving home from New Mexico I decided I wanted to begin dyeing yarn. Now I’m combining the two loves of sock knitting and yarn dyeing into one great sock yarn, the new PathWays Sock Yarn. This 100%…
DetailsIt’s a beautiful 64 degree February day here in rural Oklahoma. Great for hanging out and enjoying the breeze.
DetailsEarly in my knitting career I asked a teacher at a workshop how to knit a sock heel without the gaping hole. She gave me a withering look and said it can’t be done. I was a newbie and needed to learn to accept things the way they were apparently. I’m not a newbie anymore…
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