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04 Jan
I almost got it done in time for Christmas….instead it has turned into my first completed project of 2017. This..
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31 Dec
My husband recently encouraged me to listen to the Tim Ferris Show podcast. I love listening to podcasts while I..
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06 Dec
I’m thrilled to release a new pattern, just in time for cold weather knitting…. It’s winter, and there’s nothing I like better..
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05 Dec
It was a treat to visit my old home town of Paso Robles, California. We were treated to gorgeous sunsets..
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10 Nov
I love my local animal shelter! Rescue Village in Geauga County, Ohio, has the most dedicated staff I’ve ever had the..
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31 Oct
Lots of people have asked how my new habitat is coming along. (For those of you who missed it, I..
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18 Oct
It’s early Fall, with hints of changes to come. These little white wildflowers are in all stages at once –..
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12 Oct
I am super excited to finally start my first Custom Fit sweater. The brainchild of designer Amy Herzog, the Custom..
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04 Oct
A harbinger of changing weather is apple-picking time. Here in Northeast Ohio there are lots of wonderful orchards such as Eddy..
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24 Sep
The Harps & Thistles Yarn Emporium was shop #10 on my Yarn Discovery Tour. At the outset, I decided that..
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22 Sep
It was stop #9 on my Yarn Discovery Tour, and judging by the happy knitters gathered around the table..
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21 Sep
It was easy to find The Designing Woman in Fairlawn. It was stop #8 on my whirlwind Yarn Discovery Tour. I..
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20 Sep
Shop #7 on my Yarn Discovery Tour reminds me of a phrase I love – “small but mighty”. Cornerstone Yarns is..
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19 Sep
While crochet may be the emphasis in expertise for stop #6 on my Yarn Discovery Tour, there are plenty of delightful..
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18 Sep
The Artful Yarn in Chagrin Falls was shop #5 on my Yarn Discovery Tour. It’s the closest store to where..
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17 Sep
Stop #4 on the Yarn Discovery Tour took me to Cleveland’s west side. River Colors Studio is an amazing place...
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16 Sep
Don’t you love the name of this store? Fiber Addiction, as well as being an accurate description of the knitting..
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14 Sep
My stop #2 on the Yarn Discovery Tour was in the Boardman/Canfield area near Youngstown. When I first looked up The Flaming..
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12 Sep
My first stop on the Yarn Discovery Tour was Knit Wits in Salem, Ohio. When I stopped in there was a..
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09 Sep
Every year the knitting and crochet community in northeast Ohio puts on a fantastic “yarn crawl” called the Yarn Discovery..
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31 Aug
If you follow my blog, you know I recently released the Aran Reversible Scarf as an individual pattern. I am..
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25 Aug
Passport in hand, I’ll soon go on the Yarn Discovery Tour, learning more about the yarn shops in my new(ish) domicile in Northeast Ohio. I..
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15 Aug
Over time I’ve been releasing individual patterns from my book Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues. I’ve re-written the..
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07 Aug
I’m super-excited to be teaching at OTN (On The Needles) Rally Day in Chagrin Falls, Ohio on August 13th. This..
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05 Aug
As many of you know, Ravelry holds a crazy-fun event during the Olympics called the Ravellenic Games. We will cast..
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04 Aug
I’m delighted as can be to have the trunk show for my book Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues..
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24 Jun
For the past few weeks I’ve felt like a little kid happily anticipating Christmas. All spring I look for my..
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07 Jun
Even after making it a bunch of times, I’m still obsessed with the linen stitch scarf pattern I included in my..
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May 2, 2017
Viriditas
The thought of travelling without a knitting project is enough to strike fear into my heart. I often…
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January 30, 2017
Farrand: Knitty Winter 2016 Pattern
I’m excited and grateful to have a pattern in the current issue of Knitty, the fabulous online magazine.…
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January 4, 2017
First Project of 2017
I almost got it done in time for Christmas….instead it has turned into my first completed project of…
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