Day 1
Hey all! I’m running out the door for our first day of shooting. I was wrong about starting yesterday so I actually got to do some personal stuff like order Christmas cards and drive up for dinner with my mom…
Nov
29
Nov
27
Knitty Gritty or bust!
Well folks, I leave in an hour for L.A. to shoot seasons 7 & 8 of Knitty Gritty. I’ve got my camera packed and will try to keep you updated as we go on exciting, behind the scenes action! 😉…
Nov
22
Happy Stuff
Thanks everyone for the b-day wishes! I really appreciate it. 🙂What’s everyone doing tomorrow for Thanksgiving? We were supposed to go to either Texarkana or Dallas to spend the holiday with Dave’s family. However, since I’m leaving on Monday for…
Nov
18
Double Trifecta
I finished everything but the collar and installing the zipper on the cropped cardi for the LOVE yarn. I want to add some kind of funky duplicate stitch action on the front–maybe an owl–but haven’t figured out anything I’m happy…
Nov
14
Note to Self
Note to self: buy a pretty, well-fitting slip so that next time you wear your not-quite-thick-enough-to-be-modest, empire-waist dress to a fabulous fashion event like last Saturday’s STITCH, where your 6 year old son feels the need to hide beneath said…
Nov
09
Week in Review
Under the category of “never a dull moment”: I got a call on Monday that I might need to go to Vancouver on Wednesday to shoot Knit Bits on the Smallville set (the actors who play Lois Lane, Martha Kent…
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I am devastated by the loss of @hillcountryweavers founder, Susanne Middlebrooks.
I wrote a longer tribute to her on my blog and Facebook (links in bio). In short, though, she had been sick for a long time but had been a master at not letting the illness get in the way of her living. So, it was often unimaginable that she wouldn't be with us for longer. Last June during an industry convention in Chicago when Susanne came over to the bar booth I was sitting at and plopped herself next to me to chat, I had no idea that it would be the last time I'd get to see her. I'm so thankful though, that when we parted ways to go back to our respective meetings, it was with a hug. Rest in purls, my friend.
When I came across this Knitting Needle Patent greeting card by @patentpress , I couldn’t resist selecting it as one of the items for the YarnYAY! September box! (Link in @vickiehowell bio or got to YarnYAY.com)
What looks like part circular knitting needle, part Tunisian crochet hook is illustrated as the patent drawing for flexible knitting needles. This greeting card memorializes the creation of tools that we stitchers can now, not do without!
