It’s always exciting when the first fall knitting magazines start arriving. A few years ago, Vogue Knitting decided to add a fifth issue called “Early Fall,” to coincide with the time in the summer when new autumn yarns first start arriving in shops. I was given a free copy of the 2013 Early Fall VK while I was at TNNA,…
Month: June 2013
TNNA Recap
I’m back from a jam-packed weekend at TNNA, and as usual, I feel tired and happy and bursting with new things to think about and work on. (TNNA is The National Needlearts Association, a trade group consisting of the yarn industries: both knitting/crochet and other needlecrafts like cross-stitch and needlepoint. Their big annual show is in late spring/early summer, showcasing…
See you in Columbus!
It’s time for the annual trade show TNNA, starting today (I think) in Columbus, Ohio. I’m leaving tomorrow and will spend the weekend scouting out what’s new in the yarn industry, meeting up with friends and colleagues, and networking. (Do people “network” anymore?) If you’re attending the show, please note that I will be signing copies of Sock Yarn Studio…
And the winner is…..
Pamela, who said that if she won Kristin Nicholas’s new sunflower book, she “would fill a vase with knitted and crochet sunflowers to display on my dining room table.” Congratulations! I’ll be mailing the book out to Pamela this week. Meanwhile, we had a fabulous weekend at Loop for my Black Bunny Fibers trunk show. Lots of folks went home…
GIVEAWAY + Book Review: Kristin Nicholas’s new Sunflower book
You know how much I adore Kristin Nicholas. So when she offered to send me a copy of her new book–and include an extra copy so I could give one away to a lucky reader–I was all over it like a flock of birds over a freshly-washed car. Let’s take a look at 50 Sunflowers to Knit, Crochet & Felt,…
Voyage to alien territory
I never thought that, at 48 years of age, I’d go to my first Comic Con. (For those of you who have never heard of it, Comic Con is a convention devoted to all sorts of pop culture, from comic books to superheroes to tv shows and more). And little did I think that I would go in costume. Along…