Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Miscellaneous Musing

  • Another Green Machine

    It’s Friday again – already! – and the beginning of a holiday weekend here in Canada. Although I’ve been getting some knitting done this week, I still don’t have a finished project to show you. (I hate sewing sweaters together.) Instead, here’s another addition to the Green Herd: I know very little about this one,…

  • Friday Fun

    On Fridays, I try to post about my various knitting projects. This week, I was sure I’d be able to show you a finished cardigan, but not so. As I was sewing it up on Monday, I discovered that the sleeves were too narrow. In olden days – i.e. before this year’s drive to finish…

  • The New Plan

    Now that we’ve gotten through two back-to-back months of promo (phew!) first for DARKFIRE KISS and then for FLYING BLIND, it’s time to make a new plan for the blog. My next release will be WINGING IT in December, followed by FLASHFIRE in January, so there is a bit of breathing space to talk about…

  • Green Machines

    I like old sewing machines, but I particularly like old GREEN sewing machines. I’m not sure why this is. There’s just something about them that gets me all excited. Which is why I have a few. Which is why I’m going to show them to you, maybe infect you with green sewing machine envy –…

  • Angelica & Rhubarb Jam

    This was an experiment. I have a ridiculous amount of angelica in my garden. This is partly because it’s happy where I planted that first seedling, and partly because I think it’s such a cool plant that I seldom pull out any seedlings. Angelica self-seeds aggressively. I have buckets of it. What I find amazing…