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Upcoming Brave New Knits Event at Katonah Yarn Co.
Posted on | April 28, 2011 | No Comments
On Tuesday, May 3rd from 6 – 8 pm, I will be visiting Katonah Yarn Co. during their weekly knit night, to sign copies of Brave New Knits and to share all the wonderful projects from the book with a complete trunk show. If you’re in the area and have been having a hard time deciding [...]
Knitcircus
Posted on | February 6, 2011 | 3 Comments
The Spring 2011 issue of Knitcircus is up, and it’s a terrific issue full of gorgeous patterns! In addition to a collection of fabulous patterns and articles, it includes a lovely review of Brave New Knits. There’s also an interview with Alana Dakos, of Never Not Knitting fame. There is also a delectable-sounding recipe for [...]
It’s Never Too Late To Have a Happy New Year
Posted on | January 31, 2011 | 6 Comments
At least, that’s my operating strategy going forward, as we kiss January good-bye and usher in that short but unpredictable month of February. So far 2011 is shaping up to be an interesting year. In order of magnitude, let me share the following: 1) Brave New Knits has gone into a third printing, only five months [...]
Orchid Thief Stole My Heart
Posted on | November 10, 2010 | 5 Comments
The Orchid Thief Shawlette pattern stole my heart from the moment Ysolda Teague proposed it for my book, Brave New Knits. Eventually, I knew, I would have to make one of my own. There were exactly two skeins of Sundara Yarn’s (sadly discontinued) Silk Sport in my stash, with 225 yards in each – just [...]
Wow! Just… Wow!
Posted on | November 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
I learned yesterday (thank you, Shannon, for passing along the link) that Brave New Knits made it into the Top Ten Craft books category in Amazon.com’s Best Books of 2010. If you could see me now, you’d be laughing, because I’m doing a very, very, very happy dance!
Fabulous Places to Knit
Posted on | November 3, 2010 | No Comments
The last two weeks of October took me to some amazing yarn shops and introduced me to some amazing knitters. One was based on the ground floor of a beautiful Victorian house, complete with charming cottage garden. Mona Rummel, long-time owner of this shop, Eugene, Oregon’s wonderful Soft Horizons Fibre (which does not, by choice, have an internet [...]
Knitty City Signing – Rain Or Shine
Posted on | October 6, 2010 | No Comments
The weather in NYC was absolutely bizarre last Thursday, when I was due to appear at Knitty City on the Upper West Side for a Brave New Knits signing. Outside, it was cool but humid, threatening rain all day but not making good on the threat. From the surrounding suburbs came reports of tornado-strength winds and [...]
Fibre Space Signing
Posted on | October 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
One of the many things I need to do better is post-event posting! A visit to the east coast at the end of September brought me to some fabulous local yarn shops, the first of which was Fibre Space, in Alexandria, Virginia. What a great space! And although I was sorry not to be able to meet Danielle [...]
Bobbin’s Nest Studio
Posted on | September 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
How lovely to have a local stop next up on my Brave New Knits tour! Bobbin’s Nest Studio is a fabric and yarn store located just an hour south of me, in Santa Clara. And owner Erin McGee’s shop is wonderfully diversified, selling both gorgeous yarn AND amazing fabrics and patterns for sewing everything from clothing to home accessories. [...]
Brave New Knits Tour
Posted on | September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Brave New Knits book signing and trunk show tour has begun! Kicking it off with a trip to New England, I visited WEBS for the first time – surely a dream destination on every knitter’s wish list. Retail Store Manager Karen Minott made lots of display forms and hangers available to me, which made it easy [...]