Blocked
One morning next month I will wake up, collect a large box of knitting and props, and head off to do the photo shoot for KCC2. This is both exciting (because holy wow is seeing all the pictures fun) and terrifying (because it's the point in the process where the greatest number of things have to go right at the same time in order for the day to go well). I deal with this tension in a variety of ways, some rational (lists, lists, and more lists) and some irrational (like asking everyone I know to keep their fingers crossed [...]
Reveal
You recall our little trip the other weekend? You recall I mentioned I was knitting as we drove around? But for some mysterious reason I didn't show you the knitting (unusual behavior for a knitting blogger). That's because it was stealth birthday knitting. But the birthday has come and gone, and the knitting has made its way to the intended person, so I can come back and retroactively show it off. These are the mitts I made with the Alisha Goes Around yarn I mentioned the other week. First, proof that I really did take them on the trip. We [...]
Instant Gratification
It's starting to get cool. Not cold (cold comes later) but just slightly cool. It's that time of year when you haven't gotten out the winter clothes yet, but your summer clothes aren't quite warm enough (sorry southern hemisphere folks, I know it's only doing that here, not there). It's the time of year you start pondering scarves. Not thick chunky ones, light fluffy wispy things. More fashion statement than insulation, but just what the weather demands. The sort of thing that, were you to actually knit it, would take you a freaking year because it would be on lace [...]
Ran Away, Part 4
Alrighty, this is getting ridiculous. We were gone just over 48 hours, you'd think I could tell you all about this in less than half a dozen posts. When we last spoke, we were pulling away from the Schaefer yarn outlet. After such an experience, we needed something restorative. We headed over to Finger Lakes Distilling. We've been going there since they opened and their products have just gotten better. We supplemented the basement supplies and set out for lunch. Somehow, no one quite knows how, Finger Lakes Fibers just happened to be between where we parked and the restaurant. [...]
Ran Away, Part 3
When last I left you, The Boy had spotted the Schaefer outlet sign, informed me of this discovery, and graciously redirected the car. We pulled up and saw the yarn waving at us through the open doorway. Someone was out front working in the garden. I asked if we could go in, and stepped inside. Should you ever be in this part of the world, I highly recommend you find a way to do the same. The room is tiny, but it's packed floor to ceiling with lovely yarn. One of my favorite things about Schaefer is the wide array [...]
Ran Away, Part 2
You know those days where everything just seems to line up and work? Lots of stuff gets done without any feeling of being rushed or frantic? Yeah, somehow we managed to have a whole weekend like that. I'll do the abbreviated version here. (Why? Because it's my website and I totally use it for shameless reminders of where I went when and oh what was that cool restaurant and when did we visit those folks and a whole list of other things. That's why. I totally encourage you to go find a more interesting corner of the internet today if [...]
Ran Away
Friday afternoon we set kittens up to be self sufficient for a day or two, tossed a change of clothes in a bag, flung some things in the car, and ran away. Our favorite band, Jukebox The Ghost, was playing in Ithaca. We were unable to resist. If you find them in a town near you, you shouldn't resist either. There's lots of yarny stuff to report too, but it will have to wait till later in the week. But don't worry, it's coming. I just have to see if I can get my camera to behave long enough to [...]
Beginnings
One of the folks I had the pleasure of meeting at TNNA this June was Alisha of Alisha Goes Around. I'd first heard about Alisha after 2011's TNNA (and all the things I heard were ever so nice). I very much wanted to check out her yarn for myself. Alas, shortly after that TNNA, Alisha's life got complicated, and her yarn got hard to find. But now...now she's back. She's back, and she was nice enough to share some of her yarn with me when we met. The yarn, Tracks (of Bison) Fingering in Briton, has been floating in the [...]
So There’s This Thing I Wanna Try…
You know what happens when you (sort of accidentally) start a business and then run it by yourself? You find yourself running a business by yourself. That can be just the tiniest bit overwhelming. It's hard to know when you're done for the day, and that gets a bit challenging from time to time. So I'm going to try something. This could be radical, but I think it has good potential. I'm going to try not checking email or ravelry after dinner or before breakfast. I may even consider not being around as much on the weekends. I know, amazing [...]
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