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So much knitting, so much better

Posted on April 10, 2026 | Leave a comment

I’ve finally passed the point where I frogged the whole project, Row 196. I’m on 207 of the re-knit now. Whew! I like the fabric a lot better; it won’t stretch open as much when it hangs on the bias.

This picture is from knit group at the local coffee shop; it’s our table on Friday mornings! I don’t get to go to this very often because Friday is a gym/pool day for me. But my gym buddies were both away, so I played hooky and enjoyed the company.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, so the knitting on this has been a bit slower than I want.

knitting that reads: no kings, resist, rise up, dissent, hope

I took some time out to knit a hat band to wear to the No Kings protest on March 28. I love this Typeknitting from Rüdiger Schlömer. You can make it say whatever you want, and it’s so legible.

I met a fellow frog hat knitter on the way to the event.

I love seeing frog hats in the wild!

woman wearing a hat with a hat band that reads: no kings

The hat band works on my sun hat, too. The hat doesn’t have a crown, and is size adjustable, because I have a big head. But not as big as I thought! I was originally planning to knit a headband, but I made it a bit too long. Which made it a perfect fit over a hat!

We participated in this art installation for Mike Schneider (@blcksmth on Instagram) on the Burnside Bridge; it’s created with umbrellas. We’re the 2 white umbrellas on the top line of the second E in the word KEEP.

And we were lucky enough to get tickets to see Bruce Springsteen on the Land of Hope and Dreams tour. It was an excellent show.

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two people in front of a sign that reads Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour

It was DH’s 52nd Springsteen show. I’m way behind.

And still a bit behind on this knitting! I’m hoping to bring it to Nash Yarn Fest next week as an FO. We shall see. Wish me luck!

Portland Frog Hat

Posted on October 24, 2025 | 13 comments

I finished knitting my second frog hat while peacefully protesting down at the ICE facility yesterday. It’s a quick knit, but I knit it twice because the first one was a bit bigger than I wanted. I’ll ravel it and knit a second (third?) hat. Knitting it a bit smaller also means that I have enough yarn for two hats.

Do you want to knit your own super bulky weight Portland Frog Hat? I wrote up detailed instructions; you can find them here. I just updated it with notes for worsted weight yarn, too.

I doubled down on my bag game yesterday. Both discontinued, but well-loved.

words of encouragement — Words of encouragement

knitters and painters — 3 needle bind off time!

I was heartened to see protesters (knitters, painters, readers), aid workers from Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, and clergy support yesterday.

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Multi-tasking WWKIPDay

Posted on June 21, 2025 | 4 comments

I forgot! Last week was WWKIPDay, Worldwide Knit in Public Day. Did you knit in public? I had the option to knit at IKEA in the morning, but it was one too many activities for me that day.

I did bring a small project to the No Kings demonstration in downtown Portland. The crowd size was reported as 50,000 people exercising their right to peacefully protest. It was a good WWKIP/No Kings/Pride (halleluy’all!) multi-tasking day. I used my Lemonwood Mini-minder to hold my yarn while I was knitting a dishcloth. I did *not* want to bring my 2 color brioche assigned pooling project!