Laura of Slipped Stitch Studios has just released with she is calling Ultimate Project Bag: the Go Crafty Travel Case is a 10-inch-tall bag that’s filled to the brim with pockets — 58 of them, to be exact — to hold all your needles, cables, hooks,...
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Music has always been a big part of my life. The interests section of my AOL profile (remember those?) in the late 1990s was crammed full of bands, and it was a big thing my husband and I bonded over when we first become friends in college. One of our ...
The Baya shawl from Indie Untangled newcomer Mindy Wilkes, definitely intrigued me when Mindy’s post hit my inbox. The design, which appeared on the cover of the Summer 2014 issue of Pom Pom Quarterly and is now available as an individual download, is a crescent-shaped shawl ...
I’m sure you already know how wonderfully generous knitters can be. Over the weekend, I experienced a great example of this community’s uniqueness when I desperately called on a Ravelry “detangler” — one of those strange people who actually looks at a spaghetti-like pile with excitement — to help ...
If you’re looking for some last-minute Christmas gifts, get over to Sweet Sheep Body Shoppe, which Alicia has stocked with the perfect stocking stuffers. Holiday-scented items include sheep-shaped goat’s milk soap in Orange Rosemary, Peppermint Cocoa and Winter Gardenia; lanolin-rich lotion bars in Jingleberry, Fresh Snow,...
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I’ve really enjoyed seeing people writing and reflecting on the places they knit through the blog hop in honor of the Where We Knit yarn club. The knitting bloggers and vlogger who participated took readers/viewers everywhere from Japan to Belize to the subway (and that ...
I’m thrilled to open sign-ups today for Where We Knit. This quarterly yarn club, which will begin shipping in February of next year, brings together four dyer/designer dream teams: Lakes Yarn and Fiber & Janina Kallio, French Market Fibers & Toby Roxane Barna, Skeinny Dipping & Stephannie ...
I have to say, I was pretty excited when Connie, the talented photographer of my Rhinebeck sweater and also an editor at Lark Crafts, emailed me about reviewing their latest book, Mini Skein Knits: 25 Knitting Patterns Using Small Skeins and Leftovers ($14.95 U.S./$16.95 ...
This is the last in a series of interviews with the fabulous sponsors of the 2015 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
When I decided to approach some small businesses about sponsoring this year’s trunk show, Patti Odinak of Yarn Culture was the first ...
You’ll want to wrap yourself up in the Embraceable You shawl, new from Lauren Fréhel, the dyer and designer behind Shleep Yarns. The kit is available exclusively through the Shleep Yarns Etsy shop. The crescent-shaped shawl has an elegant leaf lace border ...
As a journalist, I love a good follow-up story. We have one this week: In my recent interview with Carl Koop of Bijou Basin Ranch, he revealed that they were in the process of collaborating with a number of indie dyers on special colorways for ...
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with the fabulous sponsors of the 2015 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
While there’s no shortage of indie dyers you can buy from online, there’s really no replacement for a great local yarn shop —...
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