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Knitting In the Sun
Posted on | March 26, 2011 | No Comments
Why, yes, there is a book of that title by Kristi Porter. And yet, it seemed an appropriate title for this post because it explains why – for at least one week out of the last few, I did not post here. My daughter was on spring break, and we took her to Jamaica. I dared [...]
Finally… An Ishbel To Call My Own
Posted on | November 1, 2010 | No Comments
Although it seems that lately I don’t have much time to knit other designers’ patterns, Ysolda Teague’s Ishbel shawl made a great plane project a few weeks ago. Everywhere I go, I run into a knitter who tells me with great excitement that she has knit up four Ishbels, or sometimes five, or maybe even as [...]
Loop Signing
Posted on | October 3, 2010 | No Comments
I’ve been hearing about Loop in Philadelphia for years, so it was a distinct thrill when owner Craig Rosenfeld invited me to do a signing and trunk show for Brave New Knits there. And I confess to feeling a shiver down my spine when I saw that his shop windows were full of neatly arrayed copies of the book, [...]
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 [...]
Vacation Knitting Results
Posted on | July 15, 2010 | No Comments
What Knitting Do You Pack for Vacations? Aside from an extra bathing suit, flip flops, and a couple of outfits, there wasn’t much I needed for my family vacation in Mexico besides yarn and needles. Sure, I brought a book (Kate Morton’s The Forgotten Garden, which I loved) , but mostly I knew I’d be knitting. Wouldn’t [...]
Up In The Air
Posted on | June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’m no Ryan Bingham, and certainly no (spoiler alert!) cheatin’ Alex, but lately I’ve been up in the air way too often for my liking. Air travel takes on a whole new perspective when you’re doing it because you HAVE to instead of because you WANT to. While I’d do anything for my family, this [...]
I’m Ba-a-ack…!
Posted on | April 22, 2010 | No Comments
So you’ve probably noticed that I have finally resurfaced after a couple of weeks of radio silence (just what IS radio silence, anyway? I’ve always wondered…). Was off traveling to see my aged and not-terribly-healthy parents, and to take them to visit my daughter at college. She (my darling daughter, that is) was performing in a [...]
Faint Heart Never Won Fair Maid
Posted on | February 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
… sounds like a newspaper headline ripped from the seventeenth century, doesn’t it? Thank you for that romantic declaration, Mr. Shakespeare. My own DH, never faint of heart, surprised me with an addition to my transferware pitcher collection for Valentine’s Day. It was a most unexpected and welcome surprise, since I’ve been on a shopping diet [...]
Travelocity in the City
Posted on | September 28, 2009 | No Comments
Much as I enjoy an opportunity to travel, by the last day or two of any trip I am itching to get back home. And in my travels, I’ve never found a place I’d rather stay forever (except maybe Paris). The last week was a travel bonanza; a quick visit to my parents, leaving them [...]