It’s become a blog tradition: presenting some of my photographs from Maryland Sheep and Wool. Now that I’ve been going to fiber festivals for a while, the must-buy-all-the-yarnz frenzy has cooled somewhat, and I enjoy meandering around with my camera, admiring all the pretty things. Here’s some of what I saw: Box of antique bobbins
Maryland Sheep & Wool report: 2013
I’m back home, sunburned and happy. I had a glorious time at Maryland Sheep and Wool, and it was especially lovely to have a fiber-related day that had no “shoulds.” It was a stunningly gorgeous day: sunny but not hot, with a refreshing breeze. I can’t remember the last time the barns were such a comfortable temperature. It’s hard…
Spinning nirvana
Although I do have a wheel (an Ashford Traveler) and use it occasionally, I really am just a dabbler when it comes to spinning my own yarn. This could not have been more apparent than it was this weekend, during my teaching jaunt at Abby Franquemont’s Stringtopia Spring String Fling. I was surrounded by some world-class spinners and spinning teachers,…
A quick hello from historic Lebanon, Ohio
It was a long drive–about 9 hours in all, even without stopping for more than five minutes at a time–but now that I have arrived in Lebanon, Ohio, I am charmed. I mean, how can you not love a town that has a public library that looks like this? I am staying at the Golden Lamb, a historic inn…
Branching out
It’s hard to believe I’ve been dyeing yarn for something like six years. Even though I mix the dyeing up with other endeavors, like designing and writing, it’s still easy to get into a rut. After being away from the dyepots for a few weeks to do other things, I realized I had next to no inventory. And I realized…
No-Bull Book Review: Hat Couture, by Theressa Silver (Cooperative Press 2013)
“Wearing a hat is like having a baby or a puppy; everyone stops to coo and talk about it.” — Louise Green I’m trying to get current on all my book reviews, and fresh in my in-box is Hat Couture, just published by Cooperative Press, so let’s coo and talk about hats. “Hat Couture” is a collection of patterns…
Introducing Lorenda
While I was teaching at a show last fall–I can’t remember which one since my children ate my brain–I stopped by the WEBS booth to see what was new. I left with a few skeins of Northampton Sport, a heathery sportweight yarn. I had trouble deciding which color to pick, so I grabbed three skeins that looked like they might…
VK Live: Sleepless in Seattle
Things I did NOT see while in Seattle for the sixth Vogue Knitting Live show: Space Needle Pioneer Square Pike Place Market Mount Rainier Bainbridge Island Things I did see while attending VK Live: Seattle dear friends and colleagues many amazing projects handknitted by very talented knitters fashion shows, lectures, and demos friendly, knowledgeable, super-nice knitters, crocheters and spinners a…
Treasures
When I was younger, I used to have a hard time finding women friends. I had a really tight circle of friends in high school but it seemed harder and harder as I got older to find people that I connected with, and who didn’t like playing irritating girly games. Oddly, the confluence of knitting and the internet has given…