Amy Artisan

When I was younger, I remember brunches on the weekend being a special thing. Since moving to Chicago, a weekend brunch with friends is a pretty regular happening. Many great restaurants in the city have delicious menus with so many options - do you pick a savory item, a sweet item, go with the buffet [...]

White Sock, Blue Sock…

(with a nod to Dr. Seuss & a Happy 50th Birthday to the Cat in the Hat!)
Right after I clicked “publish” on the last post I cast on for sock #2. While I didn’t end up knitting the whole evening I did get a good start on the leg. While on the [...]

…Baby…
(Sorry, couldn’t help myself - as soon as I thought of “ice, ice” for this title ‘that song’ from my high school days became an earworm…)
As this week progressed with work I really didn’t know what I would blog about next. I was on the road again and it was a milestone week that meant [...]

With all of the bitter cold weather recently, I am taking the adage of “cover your head” to heart whenever I’m outside and so my Chattanooga cap is getting a lot of wear (and holding up great). So I thought it would be fun to make Calorimetry for something different. As I saw others blog [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, I had hoped to start February with a blue finished object; however, the hotel knitting last week just wasn’t happening. On Monday I cast on…knit round & round, cabled, knit round & round and then discovered a problem with the first cable - so I ripped it all [...]