The past two weeks took me to Interweave YarnFest, the Boston Marathon, StephenBe’s Yarn Garage and Yarnover. Every day was an adventure, an opportunity to meet new people, visit and learn from old friends, and enjoy seeing different parts of the country. I was so busy running around and enjoying the moment that I didn’t […]
Remember the UFO that I blogged about a couple of weeks ago ? The Treetop socks that my daughter started in 2009, but were left in the attic when she left for college? I thought they were almost done – that I was ready to start the heel. Sure looked that way… […]
It took me almost 50 years to find a sport that required no skill, but better late than never. Over the past several years I have become a dedicated distance runner. Knitters understand the power of repetitive motions, and how doing small things over and over can get you to amazing places. In running, you […]
I found the ideal project to put into the Star Trek bag. It is a UFO, and like all UFO’s, there is a story attached. My daughter, Deborah, is (sometimes) a knitter, and she likes to knit socks. More accurately, she likes to knit a sock. One is enough, and unlike other people who forge […]
The weather this spring has been spectacular, and I have been spending lots of time outside. I’m in heavy training for the Boston marathon, which means hours of running every week. It is cutting into my knitting time, but I only have a few weeks left until the event. Running is going well – which […]
Rose City Yarn Crawl 2015 was amazing, and I want to thank the Naked Sheep Knit Shop and For Yarn’s Sake for making me welcome over the weekend. I bought yarn for some new projects that I can’t even think about casting on, because 1) Daylight Savings time kicked my butt this year 2) “Dr. […]
This weekend is the Rose City Yarn Crawl, with 15 LYS’s participating. Knitters from all over the place have been saving their money, planning projects and purchases – waiting for this event. Is there another city in the world with such a plethora of wonderful yarn stores as Portland, OR? I will be appearing at […]
I finished the Duxbury Point Pullover!!! This is the sweater for Bill that I have been knitting off and on since before starting to write “Annetarsia Knits”. It is one of the UFO’s that I wanted to get finished in 2015. I am pleased to say it fits him well, and he loves it. The […]
This weekend has been devoted to cleaning up after a few weeks of teaching/travel. Unpacking and setting things into piles was about as far as I got…I still need to organize samples into the various classes and put them away. I can only take so much of that, so I took a break to sew […]
At Stitches West I met Amy Berman, the force behind the Mother Bear Project. This amazing organization gives knit or crocheted bears to children affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations. Patterns for the basic bear are available flat, in-the-round, for knit or crochet. They can, and are, embellished by crafters and sent to Amy, where […]