http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com Rob Matyska, Owner | ThreadBear Fiber Arts Studio Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:05:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't really fancy myself as a designer--I mean, I have a couple things rolling around in my head that I feel want to be pushed down my arms and come out via my fingers. I don't think I'm all that creative (I'm awesome at following the patterns of ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/07/17/where-does-inspiration-come-from-and-why/ Or so it would seem........I have been on a binge of single socks of late, as evidenced by the quickly-knitted Franklin's Panopticon sock that I hammered out in a couple days, to show off how the new Shepherd Sock from Lorna's Laces would look, knitted up. We loved it in ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/07/13/i-make-sock/ 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 ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/06/27/i-have-flat-feet/ 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 ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/06/14/a-peek-at-my-haul/ 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 ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/06/12/just-a-quick-sock-post/ 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 ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/06/11/knit-so-fine-rolls-into-lansing-mi/ 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 ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/06/09/catching-up-at-market/ 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, ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/06/04/this-little-piggie/ I've been asked to participate in a Blog Tour for a newly-released book called "Knit So Fine", jointly authored by three great designers who are great people, too--Lisa R. Myers, Laura Grutzeck, and Carol Sulcoski. Lisa is the owner of Rosie's Yarn Cellar in Philly as well as Fairmount ... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/05/31/im-part-of-a-book-blog-tour/ The sock, she is finished with details to follow, as it's damp blocking right now. It's still lovely, but it's still a single gal for now. More soon.......... http://blackdog.threadbearfiberarts.com/2008/05/30/she-is-done/