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…
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Limited time: The Official Boris Striping Colorway
It’s been a rather difficult summer for me on the personal front, and there have been moments when if I wasn’t able to bury my face in the snorgly fur of Boris, I don’t know what I would have done. So when I was puttering around the dyepots the other day (as one does), I had an impulse: to create…
Old and new
I’ve been knitting socks for a long time, and this summer, I had to face a difficult but unavoidable truth: some of my handknit socks were falling to pieces. People often act amazed that I would knit myself a pair of socks (and how many times have you heard someone say the cliche that incites equal parts of rage and…
Book look: Crocheted Mitts and Mittens, by Amy Gunderson
It’s always fun to connect with other folks in the industry, and at Stitches West in February I had the chance to hang out a little bit with Amy Gunderson, creative lead at Universal Yarn. Amy is not only extremely talented, she’s also hilarious, with a dry sense of humor that I adore. Recently she sent me a copy of…
Limited edition microbrews….
It’s been so much fun working with the folks at Jimmy Bean’s Wool to produce some limited edition yarns for their Microbrew series. This month, the theme was guilty pleasure movies. At the top of my list is the movie Mean Girls. Poor Gretchen, trying to hard to make “fetch” happen. Please join me in welcoming Fetch, a yummy superwash…
Long time no blog!
Sometimes the weeks just race by with a will of their own. Since I last blogged, I’ve been to the trade show TNNA in Columbus — we shared convention space with a group of haunted house producers; how fun was that?– and I spent a glorious weekend in Amish country at the Lancaster Yarn Shop’s first-ever knitting retreat: and…
Maryland Sheep and Wool (and giveaway winner!)
I’ve been going to Maryland Sheep & Wool for years, but always on the Saturday of the show weekend. This weekend, my oldest was going to the junior prom: and so Saturday was out. Not to be cheated out of a day at the show, my ragtag carload of fiber-lovers decided to go on Sunday. What a revelation! No lines.…
Rule Britannia: Interview with designer Andi Smith and GIVEAWAY
One of the best things about creating Lace Yarn Studio was the chance to work with so many talented designers. Andi Smith designed the lovely A Little Luxe Gauntlets that so beautifully use twisted stitches and pleats, techniques which look particularly good in fine-gauge yarn. (My favorite part about writing a curated book is getting packages in the mail from…