Crazy for Ewe

A yarn store is a feast for the senses. Lots of texture and visual imagery, but it’s really about the colors.  I had a customer, Maria, who said that coming to Crazy for Ewe was like walking into a rainbow.  You can choose your favorite color, of course, but the fun really starts when you look at combining colors.  It can be intimidating both from the standpoint of how to choose colors that go together, as well as the technical aspect of all the different ways to two or more colors in one project.  It’s worth the effort to master both because colorwork can take your creations from simple to spectacular. Let's start by looking at the different ways you can  explore different ways to knit with multiple colors, adding a spectrum of visual interest to your next knitting project.

Let’s talk about knitting charts.  They’re kind of like Noro in that no one feels half way – you either love them or you hate them.  Actually, I think it’s closer to the truth to say you either love them, or you don’t really understand them yet.  Because charts are a tool with the power to transform your knitting.  

When my daughter Elizabeth was in her first year of college she learned an eye-opening, mind-blowing concept in theoretical math. 

She had always known about infinity - how you can’t ever reach the end of counting because there’s always one more.  In this class she learned that there is an infinite number of numbers between zero and one or between one and two, or between any two numbers because you can always divide them one more time.  

She was so excited to share this with the whole family.  Some of us are more

Cherish your early work.

Our first efforts will not be our best, but we must not be ashamed of them.  They are exactly what they should be. They are learning experiences.  They are someplace to start. They represent tangible proof our our growing skills  

Give yourself permission to embrace the experience of the mistakes because learning only happens in the mistakes.