Craftsy
Like a bystander being swept up into the mob surging into a free Black Eyed Peas concert, I'm suddenly surrounded by everything Craftsy. I'm just now discovering what all the excitement's about. Craftsy bills itself as "the fastest-growing online crafting community on the web." It offers online [...]
TNNA Columbus 2012
I just got back from TNNA. That, in industry jargon, is the show put on twice a year by The National Needlearts Association. It's where yarn manufacturers show off their new lines to shop owners, and where publishers show off their titles. It's pretty [...]
Book Sneak Peek – Sprouts
You may remember my post showing a bit of the design process for a pattern in my upcoming book, Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues. When you get my book, you'll see that one of the chapters offers designs using double-knitting. Each pattern uses [...]
Seedling Wrap
Don't you just love patterns that look all difficult and fancy-shmancy, but are really easy to make? That's how it was with the Classic Elite Yarn pattern called the Seedling Wrap, designed by Tonia Barry. The pattern calls for Verde cotton yarn, but I [...]
Book: Behind the Scenes of “Sprouts”
As I worked on my upcoming book, Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues, I tried desperately to stay organized. I have papers pinned all over my bulletin board (sort of like the reality version of Pinterest). "Sprouts" was a really fun pattern to [...]
DNA Results, or It Was A Really Long Walk
You may remember a few posts ago I talked about the amazing National Geographic Genographic Project which traces human migration across the globe. Steve and I submitted our DNA to add to the database, and also to find out what our roots are. The [...]
Book Sneak Peek – Mixer
People have been asking me about the scarf I used in my new Binding Off in Pattern YouTube video. "Mixer" is one of the many patterns from my upcoming book Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues. Don't you hate it when you lovingly [...]