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Holiday Yarns, a colorwork knitters very good friend

Jennifer VanCalcar IS Holiday Yarns.  It’s a bit hard to believe, considering the amount of great hand-dyed yarn that she produces, but she is basically a one-woman show.  I met her at Village Fiber and Yarn Shop, when she taught a class on hand-dying for the Dizzy Retreat.  Jumping at the chance to be a […]

Simply Sock Yarn Company and the Namanu shawl

Paper Dolls Shawl

Sometimes it seems that my knitting life started at Sock Summit 2009.  That is when I first met a lot of people who have ended up having a lot of influence on my knitting career!  One of those people was Allison, of SSYC.   I was teaching how to knit Argyle Socks, and was always […]