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, […]
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 […]
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 Market News Conference 2013 One of my favorite parts of my year as a knitting professional, is attending the Yarn Market News Conference. Yarn Market News is our trade journal, and once a year, the magazine hosts a conference with speakers on everything from Visual Merchandising to Branding to Social Media. This year’s conference […]
A lot has been going on in the last six weeks since out apartment has been taken OVER by our kitchen rehab. With the Living Room / Dining Room being the staging area, the kitchen torn to shreds, our guest bedroom / office being our kitchen. That means we have been living in our bedroom. […]
Fall is harvest time at the Lyons / Frutkoff rooftop garden. The eggplants and peppers did well, but the brussell sprouts are still kind of pathetic. Fall is the world’s greatest season. Hot cider, pumpkins, the changing leaves, and the yarn. The last few weeks have been an insanely busy time at work, but David […]
I have a three day weekend, fall is in the air, there are still some veggie’s hanging on in our garden. Life is pretty good. David and I said goodbye to summer in the perfect way . . . a Labor Day Weekend Trip to the fabulous Cape May, NJ. It’s a sleepy little Victorian […]