Teaching at SOCK SUMMIT Portland, Oregon
If you spin, have thought about spinning, or just love wool, you won’t want to miss this.Spinning Tuesday: Inspired by Deborah Robsonknittyblog.comI have been inspired by Deborah Robson. First, I took a Rare Breeds class from her at The Spinning Lof…
From Knitting Out Loud: Our fifteenth audiobook is beautifully and lovingly read by its accomplished author Donna Druchunas, who was an absolute delight to work with. ARCTIC LACE is the story of Donna’s personal quest for themysterious luxury yarn qiviut and the elusive Native Alaskan women who knit it into gorgeous lace patterns. Donna tells the moving stories of the […]
I wan to do this on my next trip to France!French General’s Woad Workshop @Craftzine.com blogbit.lyDo you have any idea what
Got 2 repeats on Easter Lillies mittens and 2 repeats on lace socks done yesterday, plus lots of writing. Back at it today!
Thank you to all my readers. Successful Lace Knitting has been reprinted again! Woohoo!
To continue talking about the Stitch Library chapter I’m working on for my book on Lithuanian knitting, I’d like to start with a short overview of symbolism, in general. Folklore and spirituality, or religion, have been tied tightly to the symbols used in weaving in Lithuania, as well as in other forms of folk art, since […]
Yesterday I was reading a 1930s book written in Lithuanian, and it said that in the old days (pre-1930 obviously) there weren’t very many white Lithuanian sheep and most of the yarn that was dyed was muted colors because a) it was all natural dyes and b) it was mostly overdyed on grey. After chemical […]
There’s still room in my color knitting class at My Sister Knits in Fort Collins CO this Saturday! https://www.mysisterknits.com/files/MSK_Classes_2011.pdfwww.mysisterknits.com
Well, the day started out productive, but I didn’t get very much done, all told. Still, taking the night off. Back to the grind in the morning.