• 10 Yarn Commandments

    1. Thou shalt makest the projects thou enjoyest making, and use the yarn thou enjoyest using and can afford, yea verily even though it be not the yarn or projects all the "cool knitters" prefer. 2. Thou…

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    It’s Been a Time!

    Whew! What a whirlwind the past five days have been! First of all, I have to say a huge kudos to everyone behind the scenes at Fiberworld 2020. They pulled off something absolutely new, something that didn’t…

  • Listing of Thursday appearances at Fiberworld

    Where to Find Me at Fiberworld

    If you have’t already gotten your tickets or still need to register for classes, you can do that at www.fiberworld2020.com. The cutoff for class registration is the night before each class.

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    Virtual Fiber Festivals

    Since the cancelation and reorganizing of so many events this year, I've found it hard to find listings of those events that are still happening online (and the new ones that have been added). The good news…

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    Nearly Knitting

    I’ve been spending all my time lately on knitting-related things, but not really doing any knitting — or at least, not knitting that feels like knitting. I’m teaching eight classes at the debut Fiberworld event this week…

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    What Do You Do With a Swatch?

    I was sorting through my bits 'n' bobs basket this morning... you know, the place where you keep the leftovers from your projects? That one. I found a few swatches shoved in there that had

  • Hindsight, Fruit, and Little Thieves

    We are lucky to live in one of the most fertile valleys on earth, the Santa Clara Valley of Northern California. Once one of the world's foremost fruit-producing areas, it is now more widely known as Silicon…

  • Fiberworld 2020

    I suppose this is all the more appropriate to share after yesterday’s post; in the wake of so many cancellations of fiber festivals and knitting events, there is a new event happening virtually August 19-23: Fiberworld 2020.…

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    It Tolls For Thee

    I had been planning to write a post today about my upcoming classes at Fiberworld 2020, but after reading Cat Bordhi’s letter to us all, my spirits are low and I think I will leave that for…