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It’s damn cold here and I’m enjoying being wra

It’s damn cold here and I’m enjoying being wrapped and cozy in my recent handknits. A hand knitted garment is an act of love… of oneself or someone else. If you want to jump into knitting, make some scarves to get in your hours with the basic knit and purl stitches, upon which most projects are built. The two knits pictured here are not difficult and would be within reach for any advanced beginner. #bigCityBonnet by @a.lexakari who also has just released an easy adorable balaclava pattern and #calicoshawl by @barker.wool a truly addictive and fun knit.

Knitting. What would I do without you? Pictured: b

Knitting. What would I do without you? Pictured: bottom up sweater from Smoky Earl Gray pattern in stash yarn held double and producing a fluffy dangerous dirty pink fabric, and my 4th Calico shawl in Forbidden Donut colorway (Etsy). #knitting4sanity

This has confounded me for more hours than I’ll

This has confounded me for more hours than I’ll ever admit. I stopped counting the start-overs at 8? 10? It’s not my most beautiful knitting but I’ll consider this the practice one and I think (hope) I finally have the hang of it. The struggle was so frustratingly real. I envision getting much better and making these Cushy Cowls for all of my loved ones! They are reversible which is just the coolest thing. #briocheObsession #sigh

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A second Earl Grey sweater underway. Musical color

A second Earl Grey sweater underway. Musical color! Two yarns held together: Miss Babs Keira in Swansong and Hedgehog kid silk lace in Static. #hedgehogkidsilklace #missbabs #earlgreysweater

Always grateful for these two. #❤️

Always grateful for these two. #❤️

Souvenir purchase from a really cool coffee shop o

Souvenir purchase from a really cool coffee shop over in Takoma DC called Lost Sock. These were being sold separately and naturally I had to have one of each. My daughter, she of mismatched socks, raised me right! @lostsockroasters @mollasaur

I lived in and loved this house in the DC neighbor

I lived in and loved this house in the DC neighborhood next door to where I live now, just a few blocks away. Walked past today and snapped this. So many memories, including my young adulthood and my daughter’s babyhood. I felt sad but also happy to see it so well cared for and obviously loved by current owners. #myoldhouse #takomadc @mollasaur @peteypete.808 will remember a wild Halloween party there!

Finishing one knit and starting another. The life

Finishing one knit and starting another. The life cycle of a knitter. #lifecycle #knittinglife

I like to watch her play with string and I especia

I like to watch her play with string and I especially like to sit on this paper she keeps looking at. Yes, yes I do. #knittingWithCats

Bracelet I created for Chaim Peri, 79, taken hosta

Bracelet I created for Chaim Peri, 79, taken hostage in Israel on 10/7 and now captive in Gaza. I’ll wear this every day until his release. This is a project of The Associated in Baltimore, where my mother worked for many years. 💔 #bringthemhome #chaimperi #theassociated @jewishbaltimore #weareallconnected

Keeping all of the Israeli hostages in my heart an

Keeping all of the Israeli hostages in my heart and participating in a bracelet-making project by @thejewishnetwork in Baltimore. Sign-up is online and supplies can be picked up in B’more or you can use your own. Naama Levy is 19 and her horrific capture can be seen on video online. 💔 #bringthemhome #theassociatedbaltimore #baltimore #weareallconnected @bring_naama_levy_home

Happy Halloween everyone. So fun to have trick-or-

Happy Halloween everyone. So fun to have trick-or-treaters this year (including a wonderful Wednesday Addams) as sometimes it’s been scant to none. Wreath by me and @mollasaur a few years back. One of the best things about being petite was that I was effectively able to trick or treat into my 20s, wearing boxed costumes ironically purchased at the drugstore and passing as a child. #greedybeggar

Met my hero, the legendary and super charming cool

Met my hero, the legendary and super charming coolest congressional rep ever, @repraskin this weekend at fundraiser for local food relief org @tommyspantrytkpk. POV: starstruck. 🙃

7.5K steps round trip from my front door, thru a s

7.5K steps round trip from my front door, thru a small bit of the neighborhood, and onto a piece of trail through beautiful Sligo Creek Park. Broke a sweat on a cold day due to walking as fast as my little legs would go. Bouncing soundtrack: Other People’s Songs by Water From Your Eyes (band to love rn). Time: 1.5 hrs, includes stopping to hug a tree (not embarrassed!) and to record this (oops, microphone picked up some heavy breathing!) #walkwithme

Alien abduction at Takoma Park Middle School! Happ

Alien abduction at Takoma Park Middle School! Happy Halloween everyone. And, free the hostages in Gaza now. Video by @elizabeth_f_wallace

Does this peach make my hand look small? Yes! My h

Does this peach make my hand look small? Yes! My hands are child sized, but to be fair it is an enormous peach. My hands have always aged faster than my face, boney, veiny, translucent and bluish… I always hated this. Until I didn’t, realizing that these are my artist’s hands, always busy, always in motion, always making, and still always capable of great tenderness. I’m a hand holder and I love other people’s hands. Not just my own. Handmade Bluebird of Happiness necklace worn as bracelet. More at so-charmed. #hands #jodiandthegiantpeach

My Grandmother Mollye and I and a very old marcasi

My Grandmother Mollye and I and a very old marcasite ring. She came to America in the 1910s through Ellis Island from Poland and settled in Baltimore. The ring is from a flea market and cost $10 and has always felt precious to me.

Wearing the handknits! Blue cardi is my homage to

Wearing the handknits! Blue cardi is my homage to Kurt Cobain and first cardi I made. Bralette is by @yushokobayashi a brilliant young Japanese designer, dress is Magnolia Pearl, boots are Steve Madden Chelsea style. Dressing up to keep my spirits up. #ootd #yushokobayashi #kurtcobain #knittingforever #mohair #watg #woolandthegang #antifashion

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