I am in love with this class. It was tons of fun to swatch colorwork patterns that use only one color at a time. We start with basic stripes, and then mix it up with slipped stitches, mosaic stitch and linen stitch. I pulled out favorite garments knit over the years for examples, and knit […]
Christmas? Who has time for Christmas! Here is what I’ve been doing… Progress report! We are up to 147 sales of Nancy’s colorplay bag, and I am hoping to reach 150 this week. I am going to match donations, so every sale ($2) will result in $4 donation to Doctors without Borders. Keep spreading the […]
It’s Christmas central at my house, as Christmas gifts are flying off my smaller looms. I find weaving very satisfying and am loving every minute. My big box of yarn arrived from WEBS yesterday, and I cast on for the A-line tunic in Kureyon. This is going to be a quick, fun knit. That’s good, […]
My mailbox is stuffed with bargains/coupons/ads, etc, as the Christmas shopping season is in full swing. Let’s face it, none of us really needs anything, but if you are going to give Christmas presents (and of course, we are) it might as well be something that will be personal, fun, and support the fiber community […]
Once there was a group of knitters that met on Sunday afternoons at Molehill Farm. Owner Cheryl Huffman retired and closed the store several years ago, but we decided that we weren’t ready to stop getting together. Val Allen, Elaine Blatt and Jill Betts were knitting students of mine who became friends. Stephanie Fleming joined […]
Today I am putting the pattern many of you have been waiting for on sale in my Ravelry store! The pattern for Nancy’s ColorPlay bag was cut from “Annetarsia Knits” due to space concerns. However, overwhelming love for the bags and requests for the pattern have led to us releasing it. Nancy and I welcome […]
Intarsia allows knitters to put color wherever they wish on their knitted fabric. Sounds great, but can be a bit scary. What if it doesn’t look good? That is in our head, and in actuality, it is very hard to make big enough mistakes to notice. Yeah, yeah, I know, Bad Christmas sweaters are […]
I made lots of progress on both walking and my Craftsy classes, this weekend. For my next class to watch while on the treadmill, I chose Fiona Ellis’ “New Twists in Cables, Fingerless mittens” I don’t really wear mittens, and I have tons of experience knitting cables. So the only excuse I have for […]
Fall has arrived. Yesterday was a blustery, rainy Monday, and for once I was a bit glad to be doing my workout on the treadmill. I decided to take a cooking class, and chose “Cooking Essentials: All About Chicken”, with Marge Perry. Click on the class link for a coupon! This class was very motivating, […]
Today I walked for an hour on the treadmill, and I couldn’t have made it without Lucy Neatby. Boy, walking on the treadmill is boring. But I finished “My First Sock”, which made the time pass quite easily. Lucy covered picking up stitches, and how to tighten the picked up row. She also had a […]