Classes and sweaters and springtime, oh my!

As I head into my last marathon month, I’m trying to take time to appreciate the little things. Like finding perfect buttons in the vintage section of my button stash. (I love a good button stash. So tiny! So exquisite!) And the classes I have throughout April! Classes continue to…

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Shared Insanity. (Right?)

So I’m headed to CA for an extended weekend, visiting friends and teaching at Purlescence. I am a fairly light packer in terms of clothes, so aside from class supplies I was feeling pretty streamlined. Then I planned and packed the knitting. Let’s be clear. I’m quite a fast knitter,…

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What we do in Fit to Flatter class (Sunnyvale, CA – Dec 10!)

In honor of the (very) few spaces left in my class at Purlescence Yarns in lovely Sunnyvale, CA this coming weekend, I thought I’d share with those of you who haven’t been what we cover in my Fit to Flatter Classes. First things first: These classes don’t provide a strict…

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Scrambling

Life seems to be going by too quickly these days, this constant blur of book sweaters and my day job and the kids and their school. How is it that nearly two weeks has passed since my sweater Oscillate was featured in the new (and stunning) issue of Twist Collective?…

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Fiber College Blog Tour!

I grew up in Maine. (Midcoast / Bath region, for thems who know where that is.) I love Maine. It’s one of my longest dreams to move back there. (Ask me how many math-type jobs there are in Maine.) So when the opportunity came to submit a class proposal to…

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TNNA

This year, I attended the TNNA Summer Show for the first time. What a fantastic weekend! I had underestimated how completely awesome it would be to be surrounded by other designers, yarnies, and shop owners. And of course, the yarn wasn’t bad either–I came home with lots of new ideas.…

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California Dreamin’

My trip to California was absolutely wonderful, from the time I got to spend with very dear friends to my wonderful students at Purlescence Yarns, Piedmont Yarn, and ImagiKnit, to the conference I was there to attend in the first place. Plus, I got tons of knitting done! The yellow…

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