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No-Bull Book Review: Sock Architecture, by Lara Neel

Today’s book review is the intriguingly-titled Sock Architecture, written by Lara Neel and published by Cooperative Press. Sock Architecture is, as you might infer from the title, a sock knitting book that is very much concerned with sock structure. [Sometimes when I write a sentence like that, I have to step back and chuckle. A huge percentage of the sock-wearing…

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FOs and un-FOs

It’s been a busy fall, and I have been remiss in my blogging duties. Here is a list of the things I SHOULD have blogged about this fall: 1. Charcoal’s birthday — he turned 9 years old! 2. Boris’s birthday — he turned two! 3. Stitches East — I had a fabulous time! 4. Rhinebeck — ditto! 5. the first…

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Book look: A Head For Trouble, by Julie Turjoman

I mentioned that Julie Turjoman was in our booth in Chicago signing books,and during the show, she was kind enough to give me a copy of her latest, called A Head For Trouble: What To Knit While Catching Crooks, Chasing Clues, and Solving Murders (20 Hats and Adornments Inspired by Lady Detectives of the Roaring Twenties).  Yep, that’s an awfully…

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Summer Search raffle winners!

Drumroll please! 1. A $100 gift certificate to Black Bunny Fibers — Barbara H. 2. A copy of my new book,Lace Yarn Studio, as soon as I have a copy in my hot little hands to give you. (The expected publication date is April 2015, so this particular prize won’t ship until sometime in late April.) — Carrie P. 3.…

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Summer Search raffle

Deepest apologies for taking so long to process the raffle! Before I draw the winners, I want to make sure that I have all the entrants on my spreadsheet. So far I have the following donors: Faith L. Dianne S. Julie R. Melanie T. Barbara H. Mary Kay C. Cynthia M. Rebecca Carolyn K. Ellen S. Marianne R. Ulrika R.…

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