Hitchhiker Scarf – What is the point?
I fell in love with the Hitchhiker Scarf earlier this year at Stitches West. The women wearing it at the show had it wrapped around her kneck maybe three times and I loved the way it draped with the simple points on the edge.
My Favorite Mistake by Spanx Founder Sara Blakely
Sara was named the youngest female self-made billionaire by Forbes. (more…)
My Abundant * Wild * Life – Week One
The Thirty Day Challenge “Diving in and opening with Intention” was the theme for week one of the Abundant * Wild * Life online workshop with Alena Hennesey and my personal 30 Day Challenge. Since this is an online workshop each day Alena would create a post to help guide us with our intentions for […]
The Meaning of Knitting
Karen Alfke is a knitter and a designer. (more…)
tUnE-yArDs – ‘My Country’
Starring the kids of Brightworks and San Francisco Rock Project. Please check out tUnE-yArDs’ Kickstarter campaign to benefit San Francisco Rock Project: http://kck.st/HwyTRK SF Rock Project would like to start a “lending library” of instruments to offer students. If our Kickstarter campaign succeeds, they will be able to reach even more young people with their unique […]
Needle Felting and What Is Felting
Today I returned to A Verb For Keeping Warm and learned how to needle felt with @sonyaphilip. When I registered for the class I thought it was “wet” felting which shows what I knew about felting before I took the class. Felt or felting is a non-woven cloth or item that is produced by matting, […]
My 30 Day Creative Challenge
I am embarking on a “30 Day Challenge” that starts Monday. The 30 Day Challenge was inspired by a Ignite Speech by Matt Cutts a year ago. I have only been able to complete on so far. So this is a real test of my dedication.
The Wisdom of Flowers
Flower quotes from Georgia O’Keefe and Ralph Waldo Emerson on the importance of our friends.
