Catch up blogging part two . . . when last we left our heroes . . . TNNA Jan began with TNNA our annual trade show. It’s a great time to reconnect with your business contacts, you friends, see all the new yarns and fashion trends coming in the Spring. My first official appointment was […]
Catch up blogging . . . Part One 2014 is starting out to be an insanely busy time. This being my first year as a full time knitting teacher and knitwear designer (goodbye office hours and subway commute – yippe!), I’m still learning where the crazily busy time are. October / November was one of […]
Last Minute Gifts for Knitters (pt. 2) A few days ago I started to write about my Gift List for Knitters. I realized I had a LOT of things I loved, so here’s part two! Everything listed in this blog are items I own* and adore. Since I have quite a few things I adore, […]
Gifts for Knitters – It’s that time of year again . . . So, maybe it’s the recent TV airing of The Sound of Music (no comment, not falling down that rabbit hole), or perhaps it’s the season, or perhaps it’s the multiple e-mail requests I get asking “what’s a good gift for a knitter” […]
Next up in the live out of suitcase life of a traveling knitting teacher . . . STITCHES East This was the view from my hotel room window. Yes, I woke up that early. I hope you enjoyed that picture . . . it’s the only one I took. I was too focused on teaching […]
Okay, so admittedly, I’m the worst blogger ever. I’m trying to catch up because there’s been SOOOO much going on. I’ll start with a couple of weeks ago when I was lucky enough to get to go to my home town – Chicago. Vogue Knitting Live Chicago I don’t get to go home too often, […]
Craftsy By now, it’s safe to say, that unless you are a knitter that has been living in a bomb shelter, does not believe in computers, or has been frozen in ice, you are familiar with Craftsy classes. A few months ago, I was lucky enough to get to spent a bit of time in […]
New York Sheep and Wool Festival (aka: Rhinebeck, Nirvana, Heaven or the Mother Ship Calling us Home) This is by far my favorite time of year. I know, as knitters we all say that, but it’s true. A nip in the air, the colors changing, a fire in the fireplace, hot cider . . . […]
Houston Knitting Guild I’ve been on the road a LOT lately, and I love teaching, and I love meeting new people, but there are no words to express how much I LOVED teaching for the awesome ladies of the Knit at Night Guild in Houston Texas. I had a sense this might be a well […]
I’ve been buried under a pile of work lately and been a terrible blogger. However, when you’re buried in your work and you are a knitting teacher and knitwear designer, the mountain of yarn pressing down on your head is at least soft. This time of year is an insanely busy one, with shows nearly […]
UPDATE: Since there were so many amazing comments, check out the sequel to this post – YOUR Top Ten Least Favorite Knitting Myths A few days ago a knitter came into the “Knitting Doctor” (a knitting help session) with a scarf that had gotten off in pattern. I ripped down 5 rows to where the pattern looked like it […]
The Knit and Crochet Show Lunch with two of my favorite humans on earth, Melissa Leapman and Edie Eckman Last week I got back from teaching at my first Knit and Crochet Show. I’m so ridiculously behind in life, I’m not fully unpacked yet (I’ve been home a week!). Is that normal? Does everyone go […]
TNNA – that happened! I have been traveling so much (I counted up 11 teaching trips between May – October!!!). Yesterday I had a rare day off before my next trip to teach at the Knit and Crochet Show, and I was doing fun chores like going through receipts and filing expense reports (the life […]
Yarn Dyeing Techniques! One great thing about working with so many talented folks, is getting a chance to get together after hours, have a glass of wine, and learn something new. We had been hearing about all the amazing yarn dyeing techniques Grace had been sharing in her Dyeing classes at the Studio, and wanted […]
Tony Awards Last night was Tony night. We had friends over (as we usually do) to watch the show, and it was great. People often ask me if I miss my life in theatre, and the answer (and it’s always genuine) is no, I really don’t. I love my life as a knitting teacher, I […]