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Designer Spotlight #7: Kat Coyle, www.katcoyle.com
Posted on | August 30, 2010 | No Comments
The Perfect Knitted Accessory Sometimes the smallest bit of fibery goodness will make you smile. And Kat Coyle’s (www.katcoyle.com/blog) knitted bits of highly creative goodness for Brave New Knits made me smile from my first glimpse of the sketch she sent to illustrate her idea. Add This To Your Holiday Gift-Giving List Who doesn’t love nearly-instant gratification? We knitters definitely love those clever stash-busting [...]
The Garden Gets Its Second Wind – When Will It Be My Turn?
Posted on | August 27, 2010 | No Comments
With all the travel I’ve had to do this summer, a lot of the garden has simply passed me by. One week I leave and nothing much is happening, but by the time I return a week later, a riot has broken out. The roses are in full bloom again, which really caught me by [...]
Designer Spotlight #6: Chrissy Gardiner, Knittinmom
Posted on | August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
She ‘Hearts’ Self-Publishing Since our Brave New Knits interview, Chrissy Gardiner (AKA “Knittinmom” in the blogosphere) has delved further into self-publishing, which has been, in her words, “the best experience!” Her focus has shifted from individual patterns to books. She is busily working on her next book, for which her newest idea is to set [...]
Designer Spotlight #5: Ann Hanson, Knitspot
Posted on | August 23, 2010 | No Comments
Ask Anne Hanson of Knitspot how her life has been over the last year, and she will tell you, “Things are pretty much the same, but MORE.” 2010 has seen her travel schedule get a jump-start; she is in ever-increasing demand as a teacher of lace knitting, sock knitting, and more. In fact, she recently returned [...]
CraftyPod Rocks!
Posted on | August 21, 2010 | No Comments
Oh CraftyPod, How I Love You! Notice anything different about this blog lately? If you have not yet taken an online class with Sister Diane of CraftyPod fame, I urge you to run, don’t walk, to her website and sign up right this second!!! I recently completed her three-part online Craft Blog Tune-Up class, at the [...]
Designer Spotlight #4: Ann Weaver, Weaverknits
Posted on | August 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
No Dust Grows on a Rolling Skein Catching up with Ann Weaver (and her blog, Weaverknits) more than a year post-BNK-interview, it came as no surprise to learn that she is still doing at least ten things seemingly all at once. How she keeps all those balls (of yarn) in the air simultaneously is a mystery [...]
In Which I Wax Philosophical As Summer Speeds By…
Posted on | August 17, 2010 | 2 Comments
One minute you’re waiting impatiently at Baggage Claim at the airport for your daughter to step off the plane and begin her summer vacation. While you wait, you fantasize about all the fun things you’ll do together: a couple of day hikes, floating leisurely around in the criminally underused backyard swimming pool, a little shopping, cooking her favorite meals together. [...]
Designer Spotlight #3: Angela Hahn, Knititude
Posted on | August 15, 2010 | No Comments
Angela’s blog, Knititude, was one of the first I discovered when I chanced upon the knitting blogosphere. Living in Italy with her family at the time, and recounting her internationally-flavored knitting exploits from the charming town she called home, it was a vicarious thrill to see Angela knitting at Lake Como and on her family’s weekend excursions [...]
Baby Love
Posted on | August 11, 2010 | No Comments
Although none of my friends are having babies anymore, at least their own kids are. It’s so nice to have an excuse to knock out an adorable baby knit! This sweet little sweater, based on a free pattern from Jimmy Beans Wool, is called the Presto Chango (by Valerie Wallis) and took one week to work up. Seriously, it [...]
Designer Spotlight #2: The Yarniad
Posted on | August 6, 2010 | 4 Comments
Designer Spotlight #2: Hilary Smith Callis, The Yarniad San Francisco resident Hilary Smith Callis was an easy choice for inclusion in Brave New Knits. Although at the time she did not consider herself a full-fledged designer, the foundation had been established and was just waiting to blossom. Hilary writes an entertaining blog that shares all the fibery details of her [...]