Local Yarn Store, A Verb For Keeping Warm and Dye Garden
A visit to a local yarn store (LYS) is always a treat and when the store has really nice product it is even more of a treat. The voyage started meeting one of my best knitting buddies Warren in the morning for a delightful lunch with another knitting friend, Annie. Annie joined us to solicit […]
Perfectionist – Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman answers 20 odd questions
Clearing The Mind While Working In The Yard
I am having a Spring moment it feels good to be outside and working in the yard. Problem is I never seem to make a dent there is so much to do. A is bird right over my head making birdy noises as I write this I guess he has something to add. Today is […]
Jean Paul Gaultier at the deYoung Museum San Francisco
Friday nights at the San Francisco deYoung Museum can be surreal. There is music, entertainment, cocktails, and art projects in the atrium, but the real gift is in the galleries. The current exhibit is Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion’s enfant terrible, “From the sidewalk to the catwalk“. You must pay to enter the galleries whereas the […]
Stash Hidden Treasures – Schaefer Yarn
I have been going through my stash yarn and finding new projects. This hidden treasure had been in my bin for a few years and I feel so lucky to be working with such a luscious yarn. It is a hand painted luxury fiber from Schaefer Yarns. I don’t remember being as enamored with it […]
Create a great day!
What a nice thought and so simple. @sally_k sent this tweet out today and it made me smile.
New York Subway Art Depicts Riders Including a Knitter
Saw this on facebook today and it made me think of my friend over at TrainKnitting.com. It is new art posted in the New York Subway. I don’t know who the artist is. I like how the knitter is a bit eccentric with her tattoos and ripped stockings.
Art in the Era of the Internet
Art in the Era of the Internet Hearing and watching this gives me the chills. The potential is ours and the possibilities are endless. We just need to use it no matter what our creative outlet may be. In my opinion the social net is the net and there is no longer any separation.
Mock Cable Funky Knit Mitts
I made the first fingerless glove with double points and the second with the magic loop. The maiden voyage with magic loops, 40″ Addi Turbos size 6, and it was so much fun. I don’t know if I will go back to double points now. Yarn: Blue Sky Alpacas Techno – 120 yds. 1 hank. […]
