I just this moment returned from dropping off a freshly-dyed batch of yarns at Loop. There are some skeins of handdyed Francesca and Hannah and close to twenty skeins of Bartram, the beautiful, softly-spun merino single that I am dyeing exclusively for Loop! Look at some of the lovely colors I created. In fact, you might want to pop on…
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Swinging with Barb Brown
The weekend was a whirl of activity, from the time I retrieved Barb Brown from the airport until I dropped her back off for her flight this morning. It’s always wonderful to spend a weekend with a good friend who I don’t see that often. And we made the most of our time together. Friday we took a…
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;…
Voyage to alien territory
I never thought that, at 48 years of age, I’d go to my first Comic Con. (For those of you who have never heard of it, Comic Con is a convention devoted to all sorts of pop culture, from comic books to superheroes to tv shows and more). And little did I think that I would go in costume. Along…
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…