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Evolution of a Blog
Gwen and I have been thinking a lot lately about both our past and our future. Here is a thumbnail sketch of the past:
How Much Knitting Gets Done on the Road?
During interviews, people often ask me about my favorite place to knit. I usually answer that although it is not my favorite, most of my knitting is done while I travel. This got me thinking about how much knitting I actually get done when I am on the road. It always seems like a lot, because […]
Mind. Blown.
Have you ever had a moment when a knitting technique or idea actually did blow your mind, fired up your imagination, and moved you memorably forward in your endeavors? I remember once when it happened to me. I was looking at an Alice Starmore Pattern – this one, in fact – and I realized that traveling stitches and cables could […]
Update from Stitches and a Craftsy Coupon!
I have been enjoying seeing STITCHES Texas from behind the scenes again. I didn’t teach this time, but I was on hand to take social media photos and help document the show in general. It’s run by good people who genuinely care about the fiber arts community.
The Connection of Knitting
For the last few weeks, I’ve been working on refreshing some classes, including redoing handouts, rethinking outlines, and the like. As I’ve tinkered, I’ve thought a lot about wanting to transmit to my students the joy of knitting and how much I value the connection it gives me to other people.
A Fangirl Goes to Stitches South
Hi everyone! Jess here, Gwen & Kellie’s assistant. Your friendly neighborhood knitting experts have asked me to take over the blog today and post about my experience attending Stitches South 2015, so here I go!
To See Clearly
I have been on this crazy journey with my eyes for the last year or so. In fact, I had it confirmed for certain today that it’s probably been for my whole life that my eyes have struggled to work together, I’ve just compensated for it (the doctor says that’s what girls do, nearly across […]
Being Grateful
In the US, today is Thanksgiving. For the Jewish community it is also the beginning of Hanukkah. Apparently another 70,000 years will pass before these events share the same date again. Photo Credit: eye of einstein via Compfight cc We won’t be having our feast until Saturday, but I am still enjoying the day. Although […]
