Crazy for Ewe

This past weekend I attended the biennial conference of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, an organization with the motto Entrusted with History's Future.  Our mission is to protect and preserve the homes, collections and artifacts of the men and women who labored to bring forth our nation.  Over the years, the some of details of their lives have been lost, and we read only of their great deeds through the history books that clothe them in glory to inspire future generations.  What we really need, however, are their stories, the more

This Sunday is your last chance to see the beautiful Berroco Brielle Trunk Show,, and I really hope you do. Things always look so different knit up, even in a swatch, and when you have garments, that's a real bonus. 

Brielle is a sophisticated fiber - a cotton base with a subtle rayon shimmer more

Theodore Roosevelt said, Comparison is the Thief of Joy.  I know what he meant when he said that.  It's so easy to look at other people's seemingly awesome lives, and be suddenly unhappy with our own awesome life.   It's especially hard with the carefully curated images on social media that seem to scream, "Hey look at all the fun I'm having that you're not."  So, obviously it's a total buzz kill to compare yourself against others in order to judge how much/how more

The wonderful people at Skacel, distributors of Addi needles, Zauberball sock yarns, and several other lines are on a mission.  They want to create 10,000 new knitters in one day, and they've partnered with yarn stores across the country more

We've had several classes on the Cocoknits Method, and everyone has been very happy with their sweaters.  It's a great method, and a fun class with some new techniques to learn, as well as innovative applications of a lot of the skills you already have. It's not hard, but it is new, and this full-day class will take you more

As my son Colton was finishing up his physics homework at the kitchen counter Sunday morning, he said, "You know Mom, there are kids in my physics class who look at these problems - and well, the problems do look hard and complicated -- and it's overwhelming, and they just say screw it and don't do them. "  He added, "When you start doing the problems, they're not really more

It's October -- welcome sweater weather, pumpkin spice, and Socktoberfest!  Yes, Socktoberfest, a fabulous month-long event to introduce you to the work of some very talented hand-dye artists and their beautiful yarns, some of which you may only have seen at more

For the book club this month, we're reading Circe, a novel by Madeline Miller, based on one of the lesser goddesses of Greek mythology.  A textile artist who wove on a loom built by the legendary craftsman, Daedalus, Circe is best known as the witch who lured sailors to her shores and turned them into swine. In more

The Berroco Aero Trunk Show arrived Friday. This is a no-kidding beautiful yarn.  So soft and light.  The designers of this show really got it right - simple shapes that let the yarn take center stage. more

In case you haven't seen the posts on Facebook and Instagram, it's Noro time.  If you're a Noro addict, as I am, you'll want to sign up for the Noro Party we're doing October First Friday.  We'll have Gilda Ongkeko more

A lovely, well-established yarn line, Gedifra brings luxury fibers, classic european styling to the modern knitter.  Fans of couture fashion and Chanel-style fabrics will love Metal Tweed, a fabulous blend of twinkle more

There's a beautiful scene in the book Love in Ruin when the protagonist, Marty, a gutsy journalist visits a prisoner of war camp in Finland.  There is death and devastation all around.  The prisoners, so young and naive, seem not even to know what they are fighting for.  The guards, although they have a job to do, empathize deeply with the plight of their captives.  As the day closes, Marty, the guards, and her guide draw together in their temporary quarters.  more