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A GREAT online class review from Knitty!
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
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Fibertudes Monday at 1:40 EST
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
I’m going to be on the Fibertudes podcast / blogtalkradio show tomorrow at 1:40 EST.
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Taos recap AND Tshirt Class starts today!
Monday, October 5th, 2009
We just got back from the Taos wool festival. I actually bought yarn. I bought just as much as I could stuff into my commemorative tote!
The real highlight, however, was meeting up with some very fine knitters and dyers!
Yes! I made a montage! There were just too many to post separately. One of the COOLEST things was to meet up with two students (Sammie and Paula) from my online Fitted Shawl class! They had great things to say about the class, which is so awesome to hear in person! I really already felt like I knew them after having them in class for 3 weeks!
I also ran into Marly Bird, but didn’t get a dang picture!
Today is the first day of UPcycled Tshirt Yarn class, and we have 25 students! This is 5 times as many students as I usually teach here locally (I’ve said it before, this is a SMALL town) and it’s just a dream come true. As long as I’ve been creating things with my hands, I’ve dreamed of having a little shop with a classroom space and meeting other crafty people and developing a community.
AND…with the help of the internet…I can do that!
Here are a couple of photos of projects that we’ll make in the class:
We have a skylight in our living room that cast a pretty moody lighting today! I LOVE these pics! 
You can click on them to see more pictures in this set.
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Spotlight on Mols … the Blue-Ribbon-Winning Knitter!
Friday, September 18th, 2009
A few days ago, I received this note in my Ravelry inbox:
I’m a twelve year old girl that has knitted your back to school vest. I took it to central Wisconsin State Fair and got Best of Show. I just want to thank you for making this pattern. It means a lot to me. Thank you!
Mols
WAHOOOOOOO! Congratulations, Mols!
Mols has graciously agreed to let me post a photo of her in her Fair-Winning Fitted Knit! Doesn’t she look great!?
The pattern can be found in my book:Fitted Knits: 25 Projects for the Fashionable Knitter
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Knitting in the Sun Blog Tour!
Monday, June 8th, 2009
I’m a little late for my scheduled stop on the
Knitting In the Sun: 32 Projects for Warm Weather
Here are the next couple of dates:
June 3 — Beth Casey — lornaslaces.blogspot.com
June 5 — Faina Goberstein — fainasknittingmode.blogspot.com
June 8 — Katherine Vaughn — knitwithkt.blogspot.com
I rarely do patterns in multiple-designer books any more, but when Kristi proposed this project to me, I was on board. The concept really hits home for me. I live in a place with 360 days of sun a year!
There are lots of cute warm-weather projects in this book, and they range from garments to wraps to even a knit chair!
If you have a chance to take a peek, do!
Here’s my garment, with Kristi herself as the model:
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My Big Interview!
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
On the way up to Durango, I talked to Marly of the Yarn Thing Podcast!
Have a listen, but keep in mind that I was 2 Margaritas to the wind!
(It’s the little player in the left sidebar of Marly’s Blog!)
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Back from Yarn Durango!
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Well, Mazie, Mom, and I had an interesting drive up to Durango last weekend!
We left on Thursday and stopped in Santa Fe on the way.
Here’s me teaching. You can tell I’m really strict!
And here’s a picture of the whole class:
(If you click on either of these photos, you’ll go to the flickr set and can see more pictures.)
Durango is a wonderful little town…and if you are ever there, be sure to stop at Yarn!! Kara and her staff are wonderful, and the shop is just gorgeous. It’s one of the prettiest I’ve seen.
The workshop went really well. Everyone left class well on their way … adapting a pattern to go from flat to circular knitting, changing the fit of an existing pattern, or designing their own sweaters. Everyone seemed to come with different goals in mind, but they all seemed to enjoy the class and leave feeling better about reading and understanding the fit and shaping that go into patterns.
SUCCESS!
Mazie really enjoyed Durango, too. It’s her ideal town…lots of dogs, bicycles, kids, live music, and STAIRS.
She was so cute! She wanted to carry her own purse (I put it on crosswise!) and wear her sunglasses and bracelets. She walked right along with us, not needing to hold hands. The only time she ran off was if she saw a really cute dog, or if there were stairs to climb.
We just had a great “Girls’ Weekend!”
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When you need a hobby from your hobby…
Monday, May 18th, 2009
I realized that that’s what all this sewing is about. My main hobby (knitting) has, in the last 2 years, become my primary “job.” That means that at least some of the time, I HAVE to knit.
Which means that when I feel the need to procrastinate…I need a hobby from my hobby!
Which is what my little quilting and sewing jag has become.
For example, after I finished dyeing the yarn in the above photo, I overdyed some fabric…
I hope that the knitters among us won’t get too impatient while I do a little bit of hobby-switching here and there. You can always read my knitting thoughts here in the meantime, too!
BUT! This is just the kind of thing to make me drop my hobby-hobby and go back to my original hobby:
You can read the whole article here.
(My sweater review is at the bottom…the one I drew a great big arrow by!)
I’ve got some Lorna’s Laces Green Line DK in “Wink” on the needles now! Oh My Gosh. Love This Yarn. This is the same yarn I used for Habanero…
but in a different colorway. I can already feel that twitchy-fingers feeling I get when a new design is formulating…so. Get ready for Knitting Content!
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New Lion Notebook Post is up!
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Well, the next installment of the Lion Brand Notebook Knitalong that I’m leading has been posted: Textured Circle Shrug Knit-Along: Casting On and Working the Yoke.
I’ve also uploaded the photos to the flickr pool, so that you can enlarge them if you need to see something more clearly. I don’t think that I can order them within the group pool (I’m not a moderator) but they’re in order in my set.
See? I’m knitting! Really! And, for you seamstresses out there, yes, that IS another Built by Me shirt! This one is a cool Alexander Henry butterfly print that I bought locally.
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YarnCraft podcast interview airs today!
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Just before I left for CHA, I chatted with Zontee of the YarnCraft podcast. We talked about my take on what the knitting trends will be for 2009.
I am really impressed by the new LB line of Lion Brand Yarns! Have you seen them? They sent me a few samples…I’ll post about them as soon as I can swatch them!