At the risk of copying WabiSabi and using song lyrics (which I think is a COOL thing on that blog), it’s sunny outside, it’s sunny on my inside, and I’ve been surrounded by great people and great news all weekend into today! And I’ve just gotta share!
As you may have read elsewhere, we were [...]
Much love and thanks to all of you who’ve sent well wishes over the course of the week. We do deeply appreciate the kind words and support and hope we have half the success you’ve said we’ll have. It’s so gratifying to know that we have such a phenomenal community behind us as [...]
Long, long ago, in a distant land………..okay, it was just about two years ago………right before we left Michigan. But that’s not important here…….
Matt and I started talking about a fiber arts business in the summer/fall of 2001, as we were leaving Michigan for Indiana (why is another story, altogether, but I won’t bore you [...]
Stop by for picnic fare any time after 6 p.m. EST (yes, Indiana doesn’t do daylight savings time). The brisket’s in the crockpot with home-made bbq sauce, chicken is marinating two different ways, and the burgers will be portioned later. The potato salad is made, the dips and such are coming soon, and [...]
Well, there’s been some hubub over e-mail about the “Eye of Partridge” (EoP) stitch I’m using on my version of the rewrite of my own design for the Broadripple sock pattern originally released in the latest issue of Knitty. I’m glad to clue you in as to how to knit this fun variation on [...]
I had estimated that the re-write of the Broadripple socks would be finished by the end of the weekend. I fibbed. It’s going to be a couple more days, as I want to make sure the foot fits snugly, which means I have to knit the entire sock rather than guestimate fit based [...]
Good Monday Morning to you! Whew, it’s been a fun weekend of fiber of all types–our initial shipment of spinning wheels arrived late Friday afternoon, so we’ve had a busy weekend of contacting folks, assembling wheels, and becoming familiar with the new objects of mass distraction. Check out Matt’s blog later today for [...]
We have some fantastic knitters that we call friends (we don’t use the term customer very often, as the people we deal with are wonderful, friendly, inspirational folks). And if you come by to pick up some yarn and we are fortunate enough to spend some time helping with colors and textures and patterns [...]
Howdy Howdy early on a Thursday morning (it’s still Wednesday in my book, as I’ve not had my night’s rest yet). It was a tough day, with me waking up at 4:30 a.m. with a splitting headache today. Best guess from the medical profession isn’t another migraine but a wicked reaction to a [...]
Folks, I can’t thank you enough for the flood of kind words–of thanks, of encouragement, and of support–regarding the Broadripple sock pattern in the new Knitty. If you enjoy knitting and wearing the socks as much as I enjoyed designing them, that’s satisfaction enough for me. But your words of support……….wow………..they only serve [...]