I am honored to be the first stop in the blog tour for a brand-new e-book called “From Mama With Love.” A collection of designers, all of whom have children under the age of three years, created this collection with their own kids in mind. You’ll recognize their names: Connie Chang Chinchio, Tanis Gray, Margaux Hufnagel, Melissa LaBarre, and Kate…
Preview: Rowan Magazine Number 55
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…
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…
Weathering the weather
I seem to be fated to grapple with weather-related mayhem throughout my life. Longtime readers may recall that when I was about 7 years old, my family was hit hard by Hurricane Agnes: we had to evacuate our house in the middle of the night when the Susquehanna River flooded a 36-foot-high levee and devastated my hometown. Just last fall,…
So much fun your head might explode
I’m spending the whole day this coming Saturday at Loop Yarn, in Philadelphia, and we’ve got all sorts of fun stuff planned. Start out by taking my class, “Making Friends with your Handpaints.” If you’ve ever wondered why handpaints pool and what you can do about it, this is the class for you. We’ll talk about how handpaints are made;…
On losing friends
I lost two friends this month. Not a very auspicious start to the year, and certainly not something I ever anticipated happening, at least not right now, in this way. Let me tell you a little about them. When you socialize on a site like Facebook, you quickly see the phenomenon that I call the “internet interpropagation of friends.” A…
Pattern for an amazing weekend: VK Live recap
VK Live: New York 2014 This action-packed weekend features a combination of passionate knitters; knowledgeable instructors and lecturers; and a marketplace full of gorgeous products, all set against the exciting backdrop of one of the best cities in the world. Attend once, and you’ll want to go back time and time again! Skill level: Suitable for all skill levels,…
Magazine preview: Noro Fall/Winter 2013
It’s always fun to pick up a new knitting magazine–and it’s especially a kick for me when I know I’ve got a pattern published in the magazine. (It never gets old, seeing my name and design in print…) I was recently sent a copy of Noro Magazine Fall/Winter 2013, so I figured I’d give you a quick preview of the…