NE Ohio Yarn Discovery Tour 2016
Every year the knitting and crochet community in northeast Ohio puts on a fantastic "yarn crawl" called the Yarn Discovery Tour. Even though the Tour runs through September 24th, I wonder whether I'll be able to complete the lofty goal of visiting all 15 [...]
Aran Gets A Touch of Cashmere
If you follow my blog, you know I recently released the Aran Reversible Scarf as an individual pattern. I am delighted to announce that it is now available on Knit Picks, using their fabulous Capretta yarn. As you can see in these photos, Capretta [...]
Yarn Discovery Tour
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 purchased my "Passport" from The Artful Yarn in Chagrin Falls. Any of the 15 shops participating in the Tour sell the Passports. The list is [...]
Aran Meets Lorna
Over time I've been releasing individual patterns from my book Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues. I've re-written the "Aran" design to use Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn. I chose the yarn because it has just the right combination of great stitch definition, [...]
OTN (On The Needles) Rally Day
I'm super-excited to be teaching at OTN (On The Needles) Rally Day in Chagrin Falls, Ohio on August 13th. This is a fun-filled day sponsored by the wonderful yarn store, The Artful Yarn. There several great classes to choose from, with morning and afternoon [...]
Warming Up for Ravellenic Games 2016
As many of you know, Ravelry holds a crazy-fun event during the Olympics called the Ravellenic Games. We will cast on during the Opening Ceremonies, and aim to have our projects finished by the time the torch is extinguished at the end of the [...]
Trunk Show at The Artful Yarn
I'm delighted as can be to have the trunk show for my book Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues featured at the beautiful shop called The Artful Yarn in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. I hope you'll come by and see the sample scarves from my [...]