I have spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about masks over the past month. This seeming obsession began well before the COVID-19 outbreak began to wreck havoc on our lives. This semester, I have been teaching an Italian literature course called "Creativity in the Modern Age." The idea was …
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A New Order
I use this blog almost exclusively to chat about knitting-related topics. But every once in a while, I need to veer off course a bit. For those of you who do not know, I work at various careers in addition to knitwear designing. One of the hats I wear is that of an adjunct professor of Italian …
Stashing
Up till now, I've not mentioned my yarn stash. It feels like one of those things you just don't talk about in public, like your IQ score or your salary. But I bring it up now because I wanted to mention a problem we have here at my house, and a potential solution in progress. My mom is what we …
Inheritance
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 …
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 …