Yarn stores are a very particular type of place. Unlike many types of stores, they have personalities all their own, and knitters have certain expectations when they enter one. This isn’t really fair because they aren’t homes, they are businesses. But, somehow, when a knitter enters a good local yarn store (LYS), it feels as […]
This month I had the chance to teach at Lion Brand Yarn Studio, in Greenwich Village, NYC. I was honored and pleased to be invited, and had a wonderful time. The staff and students are amazing, and if you go to NYC, you should definitely make the time to check it out. […]
Caterpillar Green yarns have been on my radar for awhile. The last straw was seeing Stephanie Pearl-McFee knitting with it at YarnFest. She was crazy in love with it, so I put it on my list of things to check out. I signed up for the mailing list, and when a shop order came up, […]
“Sassy” is a winner! It is comfortable and cozy, and very different from any other sweater I’ve knit. Bill’s eyes widened when he saw me in it, and he admitted that he hadn’t been very impressed with it, when it was being knit. But he loved it, on me! Color-blocking really needs to be seen […]
The knitting is done, ends are all buried, but there is still an important task to do before finishing a cardigan. Picking out the right buttons, and sewing them on. I searched through my button stash (yes, of course I have one!) and found the perfect button. It fits well into my simple “k2tog, yo” […]
Preparing for my only teaching trip to the East Coast this year, I developed a new class for teaching everything Annetarsia in a single day. I knit 3 fun projects for “Annetarsia: Be the Boss of your Intarsia”, and I knit them all twice, using different yarns. I wasn’t ready to move on, so I […]
At the 2015 Rose City Yarn Crawl, I saw a lovely cowl at The Naked Sheep Knit Shop, worked up in Universal Yarn Bamboo Bloom Handpaints (48% rayon from Bamboo, 44% wool, 8% acrylic, 100gms/154 yds) by owner Cheri Clark. I loved the colors, and how Cheri maximized the impact of the thick/thin yarn with […]
I will be visiting The Knitting Boutique this summer. The store entered my radar when I wandered into their amazing booth at an East Coast fiber event a couple of years ago. They had unique products, and even for fiber folk, were unusually friendly and fun to be around. That is saying something! They invited […]
I’ve acquired an iPhone 6+, and a super Boston Marathon case for it. I like to keep my phone in a cozy for protection in my purse, so needed to make a new one. At Interweave YarnFest I replenished my stash of Lamb’s Pride worsted. I’ve felted with this yarn before, so had my Yarn […]
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 […]