One of the things I loved most about graduate school was the opportunity to meet and interact with amazing folk from all over the world, brought together by our singular love of learning. We've all moved on now: quite a few of us have made a successful place for ourselves in academia, others (like …
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The Hoad
I'm in a bit of a holding "pattern" (pun intended) at the moment, as I try to work through some problematic custom orders and await news on a new pattern submission and publication. So, in the meantime, I'm going to reminisce once more about our delightful trip this summer to visit my brother in …
St. Giles
I am currently working on a new design for publication, and I'm excited to share it soon. In the meantime, though, I am racing around trying to get ready for the start of the academic year (I work full time while also teaching Italian literature courses), so I am not quite ready for a large blog …
Nettles and Wool
Anyone who has spent time wandering around sheep and cow pastures in the UK is familiar with this little plant - perhaps painfully so: CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons The stinging nettle grows abundantly in the UK, and if you've ever brushed up against one with your bare ankle, you won't …
Travel Project
When packing for my trip to the UK, I couldn't exactly travel without a knitting project. However, the designs I'm working on at the moment are not exactly travel friendly - multiple colors dangling in every direction are not a good thing to risk outside of your own comfy chair! So I decided to poke …