I’ve been working hard on converting knitting classes for the new era of in-person AND on-line learning. I wanted something fun to knit during this effort that didn’t involve an actual class that I teach. To clear my palate, as it were. My process for this during the pandemic has been to shop my stash. […]
It’s been a crazy few months of non-stop work. Happy Valley Vision Source has been hopping, and keeping us all busy. Also, I’ve started to teach knitting virtually again, and have my first in-person teaching events planned for April. I’ve been updating all of my classes so that they can be taught virtually or in-person, […]
Yes, my love for Bill is undimmed after 36+ years, but this post is about, OF COURSE, a knitting pattern. Love Note (designed by Tin Can Knits) is a pattern that has consistently been on the Hot Right Now Ravelry list for years now. I have consistently ignored it because the large lace pattern over […]
I posted about finishing my “Garbage” version of Veera Valimaki’s “Color Affectation” shawl. Here are more photos and details about knitting it. This shawl was created, entirely, from a bag of leftover yarns from multiple projects. There was no specific color scheme. Many of the yarns looked a lot alike, and I wasn’t sure how […]
I found myself at loose ends last month, with no knitting “work” to do. No class samples to knit, the MKAL with Sheep to Shawl (Starry Night Shawl) is completed, and although I will be knitting a new design for Donna, we aren’t ready to start that, yet. So, I went to my stash and […]
When stuck at home for weeks, it’s a great time to get organized, right? Who else thought you were going to get a whole lot of cleaning done? Right…… time slips away pretty fast. Well, I really wanted to get SOMETHING done, so I decided to tackle the room that has been my staging area […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating in many ways, but I always try to look for ways to flip a situation and see what good can come out of it. The time I’ve had at home has been productive. Maybe not as productive as it OUGHT to have been, but hey, it’s a stressful time, […]
It was so hard to say goodbye to everyone at the end of the Retreat weekend! I truly enjoyed every minute of our time together. Fortunately, I had another few days before I had to say goodbye to Vermont. We went back to Donna’s home to de-brief, and to make some instructional videos. Donna and […]
The Vermont Fall Retreat took place at the Trapp Family Lodge, in Stowe, VT. Yes, it is owned and operated by the von Trapp family of “Sound of Music” fame, and we spent lots of time checking out framed memorabilia that lined the walls. I learned a lot about the family’s true story and came […]
The best things about my job as a knitting teacher are the people and the places where it takes me. I flew into the Burlington, VT airport on a gray, snowy day, a few days before teaching at the Vermont Fall Retreat along with organizer Donna Druchunas from Sheep to Shawl. Before and after the […]