Illuminations 2, my new color work accessory club is finally here! This club is a redux of my popular Illuminations color work sock club. The first pattern of this new club is Scheherezade, a colorful mitten with a bold floral back, and delicate tracery on the palm. If you've never done color work before, it's surprisingly easy. Stranded color work is basically stockinette, but changing colors according to pattern. The stockinette makes it a relaxing knit, the color patt

Here it is 2018 already, and time for new year resolutions. I have never had much success with resolutions of the type that promise I will change my entire demeanor or form new habits starting now and lasting forever. For example, "I will do 30 situps every morning before breakfast," or "I will count my calories every day". Those type of resolutions are always doomed to failure in my world. However, there are two types of resolutions I do have success with. The first is a l