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No-Bull Book Review: Big Foot Knits, by Andi Smith

Savvy knitters have long been aware that the best way to create sweaters that truly fit is to customize. So if measuring your body and crafting a sweater designed to accommodate body measurements makes sense, why don’t more knitters do the same for their socks? Designer Andi Smith gives knitters the knowledge and tools to do so–along with a selection…

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Preview: Rowan Magazine 54

When the weather gets this foul and wretchedly hot, when there is condensation on the outside of the windows making me feel like a turtle in a terrarium, then that must mean it’s time for my annual preview of the new fall Rowan Magazine! Because, hey, what is more fun than hiding in the air-conditioning, looking forward to fall, cooler…

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Stop by Loop Yarn today!

While my dear friend Brooke Nico is teaching lace classes, I’ll be there with plenty of scrumptious laceweight (including a new base, a blend of Falkland wool and bamboo) and sock yarn! See you soon at Loop!

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A break

Our first week at the shore has come and gone. We had glorious weather–until the last 2 days. Then it poured. But that was okay. We still had plenty of time for playing on the beach, and catching up on our reading. We had some excellent parcheesi games, too. Alliances were made, at least temporarily, and Boy Twin took some…

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Art Is…

When you work in a creative field, certain questions present themselves over and over. Where’s the line between staying true to your vision and selling out? What does success mean and how does it affect your work? How does one work through roadblocks in the creative process? How do the demands of family, friends, colleagues interfere with or inspire your…

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Happy birthday, Dad

It still amazes me sometimes that my dad is no longer with us. Just the other day, my mom and I discovered two old letters, one from the 1950s and one from the 1960s, that my grandmother received from some cousins in Poland, and we sighed wistfully at how my dad would have been able to translate them for us…

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