As a plant freak, I have strong memories of the house I grew up in - my family moved into the house when I was six months old, and my parent...

It's been a jolly week here at House O'Samurai. The husbeast tracked home a particularly nasty germ (I'm convinced an influenza ...

(If you're here for fiber content and don't give a fig about education philosophies, SCROLL DOWN!) I've been thinking a lot ab...

NOTE: This post is intended more as a rhetorical question, WTF kind of thing. It's not aimed at parents, children, or teachers. If you...

The husbeast is a serious gadget-head, which is probably news to no one. A while back, he got cords and stuff so we could hook my external h...

I was going to try to avoid getting graphic and posting a picture of my cut finger. But, everyone had good suggestions (that unfortunately w...

Could it be... potential fiber fun? Yup. Acid dyes. I've messed with a few, not in any sort of competent way. But with this cut finger,...

Nothing. Nothing fibery, anyway. This is my left index finger. Last weekend I cut it nearly to the bone with a bread knife. (The sucky part...

Meet the Hawaiian Silversword. It's actually a group of plants known as the Argyroxiphium genus. I doubt it's possible to know how m...

(For anyone wanting fiber blogging, scroll down. There's a bit at the bottom.) This week we got the first quarter of the Goober's ...

No, not foundation garments. The actual foundations of buildings! (All photos are mine except for the one at Fort Pitt and the last one.) ...

UP FRONT DISCLAIMER to lower stress levels: We are fine. Not even property damage. I grew up four counties west of where I'm living no...

About 3/4 done! I've already screwed up the shoulder decreasing, so that's something I don't have to worry about. Also, the hu...

Actually, believe it or not, I've been knitting. Figure that. Since the 5th of March, I've knit about 2/3 of a sweater for the Goo...

I've been plugging away at the Goober's sweater (mostly unraveling the sleeve, at this point), and thinking about how I could get a ...

Pictures from the web site, things in quotes are from the magazine, all else is mine. NOTE: I AM NOT GIVING OUT FREE PATTERNS, NOW OR EVER...