Knitters have their Olympics. Spinners have the Tour de “Fleece.” The “Tour de Fleece” is a spin-a-long that follows the Tour de France, which this year runs from July 2nd […]
I have amazing customers
Mary Fitzgerald was waiting outside our shop yesterday when Kel and I arrived to work shortly after 8 am with coffee in hand. We had a lot of paperwork to […]
A bit about the industry in which we play
Kel and I are headed off to the big trade show this weekend, where we will see the new fall yarns and work on a wonderful new lineup of yarns […]
Sometimes they come early
As a stitcher, I am chronically late on projects. It seems like a project with a deadline is a sure fire way to make me less interested in getting the […]
Arrrr……g
I have been sick for three days now, which should mean that lots of knitting is happening, but I am also in the middle of house hunting…so not so much […]
the making of a giraffe
About a year ago, I started to knit a giraffe for a friend’s new baby…She was due in October, so I figured that 3-4 months was plenty of time to […]
So about that festival…
I guess the small incident of food poisoning has kept me from blogging about the GIANT yarn festival that happened the weekend before last. i just realized that I never […]
Baa-merica Show at Torpedo Factory
Baa-merica! Icons Revisited is a show by artist Leslie Blackmon, which is now on display at the Art League Gallery in the Torpedo Factory. The show features a flock of […]
fibre space totes in space
Beverlee sent these hilarious photos from her trip to an alpaca farm in the Negrev desert in Israel (sorry this has taken me so long to post!)
Happy Birthday new yarn!
Last night Neighborhood Fiber Company celebrated the birth of their newest yarn – Penthouse Silk Fingering. It is a 100% silk yarn that comes in 500 yard hanks. It is […]