Well, maybe not on Monday, as all I really did today was go to my weekly counseling session, work all day at the shop, and then come home and chill on the couch for awhile. I’ve pulled myself off of said furniture because I cannot stand any more of “Kell on Earth” (I tried [...]
One thing I always say is that I’m not going to get caught up in the whole “MUST…….KNIT…..FOR……CHRISTMAS” nonsense. I see too many customers at the shop freaking out about hitting specific deadlines for the holidays and really losing their sh#t about being behind schedule.
And low and behold, this year I took [...]
The photo shoot for this post was held this morning, around 7:30 a.m., with the sun streaming in the southern-exposure windows (that’s the river side of the house, if you’re keeping track). The glimmer/shimmer off the river was amazing at that hour, and it made an interesting pattern on a couple of the shots [...]
It’s been a harried week around these parts, between our store manager enjoying her vacation this week to a wide range of activities at the shop to me dyeing a BIG pile of yarn Tuesday evening to preparations for our weekend of fun and workshops with Janet Szabo and more. I couldn’t be happier [...]
Little smidges and bits and patterns are arriving at the shop on a regular basis, which means lots of model knitting for me (which I love!). So, there’s plenty of inspiration around me
that’s a new 100% baby alpaca yarn from Cascade that will be added to the shelves this fall. I’m not sure [...]
I’ve been working hard on Claudie for the past week (I started it last Sunday), and I haven’t shown it to you at all here….yet. Here’s the pattern photo, for a point of reference
Claudie is a design from Black Purl, a midwestern pattern source that’s headed up by someone who owns a yarn [...]
New hand-dyed goodies shown over at the ThreadBear “New Arrivals” blog.