Although I’m newly inspired by the creative possibilities of crochet, I continue to have a knitter’s sensibility. Most basically, I have not come to love the appearance of crochet’s basic building block, the double crochet stitch (U.S. terminology). Reasonable people can disagree, but I think it looks sloppy and clumsy in its straight-up form and needs … More Knitting to Crochet: Abby Is Still Mine
I resisted crochet for a long time. I was Team Knitting all the way, and crochet looked clumsy and frumpy to me. A friend taught me the basics during my first knitting era, but knitting was a lot more interesting and appealing, so my friend’s efforts to teach me went in one ear and out … More Crochet to Abby: Resistance Is Futile
I got a great comment in regard to my post on math phobia: “Unfortunately, mathematical education tends to bore students to death. Imagine if we had been required to diagram sentences for 12 years, and were never given anything interesting to read. I was never much interested in math until, as a college student, I … More More on Math
Before I began knitting, the interior of my brain was wallpapered in words, generally purple prose, having been a math phobe with literary pretensions. My brain was stuffed to the gills with clever ways to evoke the angst of my early adulthood. Even I thought I was tedious. I needed something better to put into … More Manifesto: The early years
The Interior of My Brain: A Knitting and Fiber Arts Blog 