This year was the first for Jorstad Creek to take on a charity knitting project. We collaborated with the local Zonta International chapter to provide free hat kits to knitters or crocheters who stopped by our side-by-side booths during the August Harbor Days event in Olympia, Washington. We gave away all of the kitsContinue reading “Charity Knitting Deepens the Knitting Experience”
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Jorstad Creek at Fiber Fusion NW Oct 18-19
I’m on the road again to Fiber Fusion Northwest this weekend, taking Jorstad Creek yarns to Monroe, Washington and the Evergreen State Fairgrounds for this fiber-and-yarn oriented show. Take a look at their website at this link: http://www.fiberfusion.net/ Every year this event gets bigger. This will be my second year as a vendor, and I lookContinue reading “Jorstad Creek at Fiber Fusion NW Oct 18-19”
Finding the Best Yarn Companions
Originally posted on KnitKnot Adventures:
It is fall in the Pacific Northwest and my urge to knit is strong. Even stronger than the urge to buy school supplies! (Every September I want to buy pens and paper. How can that still be true, after all these years?) One of my favorite yarn choices is a combination…
Dancing Waters Coated Sheep
Remember these?
Remember hot water bottles? My first winter in my little 1938 cottage with baseboard heating, my hot water bottle was my best friend. In the evenings I knit warm sweaters on my lap. Just prior to going to bed I would pre-warm the sheets with a hot water bottle. I remember wrapping my toes aroundContinue reading “Remember these?”
Fall knitting is nearly here.
I am looking ahead toward the winter, not because I want cold weather, but because I am thinking about knitting projects. Like so many knitters I embrace the fall because it brings with it possibility, choices, design, and all the potential pleasant hours quietly knitting. It is that emotive power of potential that stimulates theContinue reading “Fall knitting is nearly here.”
Summer 2014 – Not So Lazy Days
Hi friends. It has been a great summer with opportunities to travel locally to Stitch and Pitch events at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, and Safeco Field in Seattle. I took my two teens with me to watch the Mariners play the Baltimore Orioles one summer evening, with the bonus that we could sample the foodContinue reading “Summer 2014 – Not So Lazy Days”
Chanel Sheep and other woolie tales
Hello again fellow wool lovers, This is the first day of spring according to the calendar, but in wool country sheep shearing has been happening since January! Many of my shepherd friends wait until April, but the Icelandics will felt right on the sheep if they aren’t sheared early. This brings to mind images ofContinue reading “Chanel Sheep and other woolie tales”
I Found My Red MoJo
Red MoJo is back. I know most of you didn’t know I lost it, but indeed, I was struggling to reconnect with RM for some time. As a dyer, not having a great red in your repertoire can really psych you out. I tried a number of techniques, branched out into other commercial dyes, andContinue reading “I Found My Red MoJo”
Beaded cuff kits at Knit Fit
Hello Blog Readers! Since my last blog post I had the opportunity to attend the Fiber Fusion Northwest event in Monroe, Washington. With me were my designer friends from the BK Collective, there to help out with the booth sales and to show off newly knitted samples of the Mock Cable Cowl and Reversible InfinityContinue reading “Beaded cuff kits at Knit Fit”
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