On a dark, rainy Saturday the February I was 27, in 2004, I wrote a rant and put it on the internet. It was my first experience creating something on the newly social Web. The thing I ranted about was...

I'm usually not a fan of decorative cozies. I like objects to be as they are – why cover up toilet paper? Isn't it, you know, supposed to be in the bathroom? But sometimes the cozy is elevated...

Every Friday night, give or take, I grab sushi with my friend Marianela and then we go to the stitch night at our local yarn store . We've been going for about a year, and the ritual has become one...

I'm barely finding time to work on my scrap granny squares , but that doesn't mean I don't want to use every spare ball of yarn I can find to make a granny ripple . I mean, right? This is irresistible...

A couple of weeks ago I picked up my box of scrap yarn and started crocheting granny squares again. "Again?" you ask. "When were you crocheting granny squares?" Um, apparently it was...

My cousin Lisa is in town for a couple of weeks, and the other night she asked me what the difference between knitting and crochet is. (She's a scarf knitter.) The ensuing discussion led to the pulling...

I spent this past weekend at the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire which, contrasted with the massive World Maker Faires in the Bay Area, New York and Detroit, was fully run by members of the DIY community here...

My last brief post seems to have struck a chord, and though I'm inclined to avoid discussions involving absolutes when it comes to crafts and arts, I think it's time for a juicy, responsible and...