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I Have Flat Feet

Posted on: Friday, June 27th, 2008 in: Fiber Types, Projects, Sock Yarn

Well, one……………flat. We received a kit on Thursday at the shop, that included one Flat Feet Flat from Conjoined Creations

as well as a set of dpns and a pattern book

that has a dozen different patterns that can be made with a single flat. A quick perusal through the book and I declare it […]

A Peek At My Haul

Posted on: Saturday, June 14th, 2008 in: Knitting, Projects

As mentioned here yesterday (and confirmed by the ever-popular Bonne Marie), I did well when it came to sample skeins at the recent TNNA trade show. A number of vendors are very good about sharing and getting samples into the hands of decision makers and for this I’m very thankful. Here’s a peek […]

Just A Quick Sock Post

Posted on: Thursday, June 12th, 2008 in: Knitting, Sock Yarn

Today was all about relaxing, as it was our day off from the shop and it was a little steamy outside, so I hid in air conditioning. I did run by the shop to pick up some new yarn. We’re still deciding what it might become, so for now, it’s on hold waiting […]

“Knit So Fine” Rolls into Lansing, MI

Posted on: Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

We open this stage of the “Knit So Fine” blog tour with more than a little tongue in cheek. Let the mayhem begin, starring myself and the incredible and organized Lisa R. Myers, owner of Rosie’s Yarn Cellar (an amazing LYS in Philadelphia) as well as the US distributorship for Manos del Uruguay yarns […]

Catching Up At Market

Posted on: Monday, June 9th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

While we arrived Wedneday evening and relaxed that evening and pretty much all day on Thursday (I did get a chance to run over to two of the local yarn shops in town, The Yarn Shop and Knitter’s Mercantile–both cute and very shop-worthy places! as well as some great Indian buffet lunch just across the […]

This Little Piggie

Posted on: Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

is off to market. We’re packed and about to pull out of the driveway….see you here intermittently for the next several days, but don’t stop passing by, as there will be updates from Columbus and the TNNA show.
Oh, and we’ve opened up registrations for the Fall 2008 Yarn Tasting, September 13th and 14th. […]