Fleegle's Blog

I tried. Honestly,  I tried. For a week now, I've been skittering around the floor holding a sign that read: Attention fleegle! It't...

Sigh. I wish I could be there. But there is a Big Pond between me and this exotic yarn extravaganza, which will take place in beautiful Belg...

Problem When knitting a Shetland shawl, the center square is knitted back and forth in garter stitch. Then the border stitches are picked u...

January 7, 2010 Dateline Kyzyl-Oi, Kyrgyzstan Scientists today announced the discovery of the fabled Rana Pilosus , the Hairy Frog of kni...

I have no monumental news or projects to report, but there are a few items to post about, not the least of which is that Harry has sold his ...

The Queen Susan shawl seriously impinged on my knitting and spinning time over the last few months. Fortunately, the pattern booklet is now ...

Yeah, yeah. Harry has been following me around for the last few days, poking me with his swagger stick  to remind me that I haven't post...

I don't often write about tools, because there's really not much new under the sun. Let's face it, a knitting needle is a knitti...

Although I love to knit shawls, I do not love to wear them. The sole exception is my tiny Hyrna, which slips neatly into my purse for A/C pr...

A few posts back, I mentioned a test-knit that I was doing for a designer. I fearlessly quote my own blog post below, as I wrote it and gave...

I rarely comment on news items, but these two blips are beyond ludicrous. The PRS is the British equivalent of the RIAA, who, we assume, wil...

A while back, I posted a pattern link to this lovely shawl (Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Karen Walker).  Although I love the red,...

It has not been the best of days. The early morning hours were spent writing begging, whining eloquent, pursuasive letters to an assortment...

 King Bat Shawl I slogged my way to the finish line of the shawl body a few days ago. As you might imagine, I am very tired of pink. I ha...

I've never been a fan of short rows, mainly because I've never been able to make them look pretty. I've tried all the techniques...