I finished my second design (also knit) for the My Mountain design contest last weekend. This week has been crazy so I wasn’t able to get MC to take one of his amazing pictures. You’ll have to settle for me with the self-timer or arms stretched out :). This one is made with Schachenmayr My … Read more
While at Vogue Knitting Live in January, I was introduced to a local, New York State Capital region yarn vendor, Yellowfarm. The Yellowfarm booth had an interesting display featuring “long locks” art yarns. The display really highlighted the beautiful fiber from Yellowfarm’s longwool Wensleydale and Teeswater sheep. Today, I’m interviewing Virginia Scholomiti from Yellowfarm. You can find … Read more
Last week, I mentioned I was working on some designs for the My Mountain Hat Design contest using Schachenmayr‘s My Mountain line of yarns. For my first submission, I used this skein of Bravo Big Color in Fire Print. As many of my readers know, I’m a super slow knitter, so I knew the super bulky … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. This week’s pick: Magic Motif Crochet by Maggy Ramsay. Source: Amazon.com Publication date: 1987. Status: Out of print but available at reasonable prices online. Condition: Very Good. Craft: Crochet. I discovered this week’s pick via this post on one of my favorite blogs, Crochetbug. Like Leslie, I was very intrigued by the Textured Squares Afghan. As you can … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. Today, I’m interviewing Cindy, the editor of a newish website called Yarn Places. Cindy is a bit of a Renaissance woman. She was an architect for the first ten years of her career. She then returned to school for a Masters in Social Work. A few years ago, she stopped working as … Read more