Did you know about the August Shop Hop in Northern Colorado & Southern Wyoming? August August 15 – 31, 2011. Check out the “hot august knits shop crawl” group on Ravelry.Ravelry – a knit and crochet communitywww.ravelry.comRavelry is a community site, …
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Oh my! Knitters, should we boycott football?FIFA Bans Players From Wearing Neck Warmerswww.huffingtonpost.comNEWPORT, Wales — Carlos Tevez, Sami Nasri and others will be feeling the chill after soccer’s rule-makers banned players from wearing neck wa…
Surprise break: forgot I had to go to knitting group at the cafe to bring yarn to Judy who is going to knit some new Bosnian socks for me. Check out Judy’s site. TheKnitter.com – Knitting Yarn, Knitting Pattern, Knitting Needletheknitter.comOur …
This week was swallowed up by my day job. Hope to catch up tomorrow and get some work on my book done next week, although I really be swamped at work until the 15th.
The spring issue of Longmont Magazine is now online. The article about me and knitting is on page 28. Enjoy!Longmont Magazine Spring2011issuu.comQuarterly magazine focusing on the Longmont and St. Vrain Valley
I am so frustrated. My friend & coach, Cynthia Morris, devoted March to finish her book. I want to do that, but I have so much work: my day job, a big freelance project, teaching, and business tasks. I really want to finish. I’ve taken several blocks …
Natalie Goldberg’s advice only goes so far. It is great for overcoming page fright. But once you have words on the page, you do have to go back and reread and revise. Over and over again!
I’ve been paying more attention to location and place in my reading lately. I find that the books I most enjoy evoke a precise sense of place. I want to improve in this area in my own writing. It’s all in the details, isn’t it? (Thanks, Natalie Goldber…
Weekend: More translation, more writing, more knitting… more coffee!
Today I’m translating German sock knitting patterns into English for Martingale & Company/That Patchwork Place