Ah, my lace-loving friends, today we have a very special treat for you. My pal Brooke Nico, lace cognoscente, just released her second book, called More Lovely Knitted Lace. The title does not lie: you’ll find more lovely garments, more gorgeous lace, and plenty of knitting to keep you creating smashing sweaters and accessories that you’ll wear with pride. Yes,…
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It’s Rowan Magazine (#59) — now with more Sarah Hatton!
Well, hello, Spring/Summer Rowan Magazine. Here you are to brighten up an unbelievably rainy spring. We’ve got cool cottons, crisp cables, some Japanese-inspired designs and lots of amazing designers this time around. Although I’m late to the party, there are some fantastic designs in here that you might want to blitz so you can wear them this summer. The latest…
So much is going on!
These are the things that happened last weekend: 1. I got to leave a city full of rain and arrive in a city full of balmy sunshine and palm trees. (Well, the palm trees aren’t balmy, but you know what I mean.) 2. I got to see my people at VK Live: Pasadena… and have margaritas on the patio…. 3.…
In memoriam: The Knitting Curmudgeon
When I first started reading knitting blogs, even before I had my own, I stumbled across the Knitting Curmudgeon. She was acerbic, she was funny as hell, she suffered no fools gladly, and she had absolutely no patience with hypocrisy. She also knew a hell of a lot about knitting. She had a huge heart and a barbed tongue. People…
Two chances to win….
Two wonderful friends are giving away copies of Knitting Ephemera: A Compendium of Articles, Useful and Otherwise, for the Edification and Amusement of the Handknitter…. Check out Patty Lyons’ blog, with a Q&A about the book here. Then listen to my interview with Kathy Elkins here.
It’s here!
It was a labor of love that I started in fall of 2012. It was carefully nurtured, and revised, and tweaked, and edited by the fabulous folks at Sixth and Spring Books, and then a wonderful book designer created exactly the perfect design for it. And now, nearly four years later, it’s on sale at your LYS or local bookshop…
A fresh start
One thing especially nice about New Year’s Day is that it sets us up for fresh beginnings. New calendar, new year, new start — and really, after a year like 2015, there’s something fabulous about feeling like you can put the bad things behind you and start fresh. I’m happy to look forward to some of the wonderful things that…
The next chapter
As Ferris Bueller so famously said, “Life moves fast….” Indeed, in the last few months, life’s been moving so fast I was afraid I’d end up as roadkill on the shoulder of the highway. But one thing I’ve learned about myself is that I am a survivor. I’m still here, and though things in my life are changing, some in…
Popa-palooza
Here in the Philly area, we’ve been hearing about the Papal visit for a while now. I happen to live in a neighborhood near one of the SEPTA train stations that will be used to move vast numbers of people into and out of Center City, so we’re hunkering down for a crazy weekend with road closures, traffic, and other…