Once again, life somewhat got away from me, but for a good reason. Last weekend I went to a knitting retreat in Madison WI and had some great classes, two of which were with Native Knitter Jennifer Berg! The retreat was organized by The Sow’s Ear yarn shop, which I have written about a few… Continue reading Knitting Retreat
It’s been a while since I wrote about my knitting projects, and there is a lot going on. Since the last time I have started another sweater and a pair of socks, but have not finished any of my previous WIPs. Here goes! There’s been some reasonable progress on my Peggy Sue cardigan fronts since… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
I am delighted to report I have been on a few yarn-related mini-adventures over the last week since I posted! Last Saturday, DH and I drove the the sort-of-nearby Wollersheim Winery, Distillery, and Bistro. Wollersheim has a wine that I do like and buy somewhat frequently. The last time I got some, the cashier gushed… Continue reading Two Yarn Shops and a Winery
For some reason, May is a month with a lot of fiber arts related challenges going on. Just for fun, I will see how many of them I can participate in without making any serious effort. Me-Made-May has been around for a while, and is just a challenge to wear and share images of yourself… Continue reading A Challenging Month
One of my favorite things about knitting is that there’s always something new to learn. Someone’s always inventing something new or refining an existing technique or rediscovering an old technique or something. So if you want to, you can always be learning and growing. I don’t want to do that every day – sometimes you… Continue reading Always More Stuff to Learn
The Art of Landscape Knitting by Anne Le Brocq is an interesting knitting book that gives you knitting block or repeat patterns that represent different types of terrain or things you would see in nature. Le Brocq is a geographer as well as a knitter, so she has a unique insight into different types of… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: The Art of Landscape Knitting
Something I have struggled with over time that I think is common to many crafters is stash management. Once your crafting supplies exceeds a certain amount, you kind of need a way to organize them and know how to get to what you have. For a long time I used Ravelry’s stash feature. It is… Continue reading Stash Management
I recently hit a jackpot of older used knitting books, and am having great fun reading through them. A few of them I’m not sure I’m going to talk about here because they are pretty scarce and also pretty old. So I’m not sure you’ll be reading about the entire haul. But in any case,… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Used Book Trifecta
I’m back! This past week was my 29th wedding anniversary with my DH, and we celebrated by taking a few short trips around WI. More about that later though. In the course of our travels, we stopped at a yarn shop in Delavan WI, Needles ‘n Pins. This shop is kind of in the middle… Continue reading Needles ‘n Pins Yarn Shop
