Brooke and I recently finished the first shipment of the next round of our yarn club–and we are rather pleased with the results, if we do say so ourselves. The theme for this club round is Minis, as in mini-bar and mini-skeins. For our first shipment, we chose the theme Bombay Sapphire. It’s an aromatic gin inspired by the Star…
Paddy’s Pub!
My next limited edition batch of yarn for Jimmy Bean’s Wool went live today as part of their Micro-Brew series. Introducing worsted-weight Paddy’s Pub…. It’s 100% merino wool, each skein has approx. 215 yds/100g, and it knits as a typical worsted weight: about 4.5 to 5 sts per inch on US size 7-9 needle. There’s a special pattern download available…
Book look: Artistic Differences by Talitha Kuomi (with Classic Elite Yarns)
I recently was sent a review copy of a brand-new pattern book by the very talented Talitha Kuomi. If you watched The Fiber Factor, you’ll recognize Talitha as one of the contestants. She’s also had designs published all over the place, for magazines like knit.wear and KnitScene, for yarn companies like Classic Elite and Malabrigo, and on her own website.…
Adventures in overdyeing
One thing that’s hard to get used to in this industry is how far in advance we work. You finish something you’re excited about, you send it off, and months, maybe even a year, later it shows up in a book or magazine somewhere. Last year, I had the good fortune to work on an article along with an accompanying…
Preview: Rowan Magazine No. 57
We’re in the middle of what they claim is one last snowstorm of this long winter, so it’s a perfect day to turn our attention to something that will remind us of warm weather, sunshine and the historic vistas of Tuscany. Yes, this year the Rowan design team took to the beautiful Italian countryside to photograph the spring/summer magazine. (The…
An eventful weekend…
Last weekend was Stitches West, and what an amazing time we had! From seven degrees to seventy degrees (after a long day of travel), wonderful students, time with dear friends and colleagues, and coming home full of inspiration (and a bit exhausted). While I was away, we had two household crises: a frozen pipe in the garage (fixed fairly easily,…
Valentine’s Day yarn: get it while it lasts!
I had so much fun collaborating with Jimmy Bean’s Wool for their Twelve Days of Christmas promotion that we decided to do it again! This time, however, the holiday we’re celebrating is Valentine’s Day. We put our heads together and decided to offer a limited edition colorway in honor of February 14th, in my Luna base yarn, which has subtle…
In which I get kissed on the lips by a hot chick, sell a lot of yarn, and run into J. Lo
This week is one of those weeks when I feel like the president of the Lucky Club. I just had the most amazing weekend in New York City with my people. It was VK Live’s fifth anniversary, and the show was packed with students, shoppers, designers and others from the industry. I got to teach an amazing group of students…
VK Live is Five! (Come see us in Booth 705)
I have been honored to be a part of VK Live: New York from its very inception five years ago. And I’m super-excited to be heading out to NYC again, to be a part of the fifth anniversary show. I’m teaching and vending, and I hope you will stop by and check out Booth 705 because we’ve got some amazing…