The hell with winter weather. What we need is a jolt of fresh color and knitting inspiration, in the form of a brand-new Rowan Magazine. Leave your snow shovels behind, come with me, and let’s take a look… I have never regretted picking up a copy of a Rowan Magazine. I definitely find myself preferring the fall magazines to the…
Month: March 2014
The positively, absolutely true story of vending in Seattle.
When I packed all my yarn up, ready to leave for Seattle, it looked like this: (That doesn’t include the three gigantic boxes I had already shipped out….) My booth partner Brooke and I had spent a lot of time planning, talking to folks in the industry, calculating a break-even point, and figuring out what our booth would look like,…
Booth 405!
Sometimes an opportunity presents itself, and you just can’t say no. When Brooke Nico, co-owner of the Kirkwood Knittery and knitting designer/teacher extraordinaire, asked me if I would share a booth with Kirkwood at VK Live: Seattle, the show was only two months away. I had some misgivings — mainly about my ability to produce enough yarn and roving to…