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Update: Stitches East, My First Report
Stitches East opened Thursday at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, and the Marketplace runs through today. On Thursday, I drove to Hartford for Stitches East, the annual...
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A conversation with Edie Eckman, designer, author, teacher
Edie Eckman holds one of her crochet books, with a diagram showing how crocheted motifs can be joined together. Edie Eckman is one of those talented designers who was flying under my radar screen...
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Knitting and spinning at Woods Edge Alpaca Farm
The event barn and shop at Woods Edge Wools Farm in Stockton is a great place for a knitting event. This friendly little guy walked right up to me at the farm, hoping I had some food pellets to feed...
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In case you were wondering, I’m okay
I decided it's finally time to make myself some fingerless gloves. I know it's been a long time since I wrote anything here. Must be about a week. I plead preoccupation with Hurricane Sandy. First,...
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Book Review: “Knitting from the Center Out” by Daniel Yuhas
"Knitting from the Center Out" is a terrific new book by Daniel Yuhas. "Knitting from the Center Out" is a book written to introduce knitters to "revolutionary knitting with 28 modern projects." Being...
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Library knitting in Bound Brook and Long Hill Township
The Long Hill Library is showcasing knitting and crochet projects from the Gates Avenue Knitters this month. The library also is displaying books about knitting. Doesn't the GAK do lovely work? The...
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Book Review: ‘shortstory: chic knits for layering’ by Cathy Carron
"Shortstory" by Cathy Carron has cropped sweaters, shawls and capelets. Cathy Carron has been designing sweaters and other knitwear for many years. A few years ago, Vogue's book imprint, Sixth &...
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I’m a rogue knitter
My friend Kris Byrnes from Winterspast Farm in Monmouth County said her son laughed himself silly when he misunderstood where she's going this weekend. Instead of Vogue Knitting, he thought she said...
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What about my knitting?
Here's a close-up of my latest prayer shawl. This morning, before I head out to cover a political rally for the papers, I thought I'd get a post in about what I've been knitting the last few weeks...
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Book Review: ‘Prayer Shawls from the Heart’ by Nazanin S. Fard
This photo from the cover of the book shows the Hope Lace, Bumpy Road and Rough Seas shawls. Nazanin S. Fard is a knitwear/crochetwear designer who is a member of the Knitters group on Facebook that I...
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Books Review: Two new stitch dictionaries worth having
Everyone who gets serious about knitting or crochet should have some stitch dictionaries in their library. These are books that have nothing but different stitch designs in them that you can use in...
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‘Ever hear of a shawlette?’
I have two beautiful shawlettes that I never wear because they make me look even heavier. Yesterday, in the midst of a fairly intense day, I got a call from my mother on my cell phone. For months, my...
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Taking chemo caps to JFK Medical Center Monday
Thanks to Barbara in Perth Amboy, we have more than 100 hats to deliver to JFK Medical Center in Edison tomorrow. Barbara, who is retired, has a big stash, she said, and she's been looking for a...
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How to celebrate I Love Yarn Day
As the summer draws to a close, I find myself thinking a lot about the yarn festivals to come and all the yarn I bought last year which I still have not knitted. I spent a fortune on wool yarns at...
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Knitting in Provence
No, I'm not going to France to knit. A few months ago, my friend Liz gave me four hanks of Classic Elite Provence, a 100-percent mercerized cotton yarn, imported from Greece, in a lovely shade of...
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Have you ever been caught up in a fever of creativity?
Yesterday, I started playing with some yarn that I have been eyeing all summer. It was three hanks of a soy yarn from Kollage that someone gave me in a Ravelry swap and two skeins of Southwest Trading...
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My stash-busting shawl
I have finally come up with a lace and a design that I really like that uses my chosen yarns to their best advantage. Ok, you can't really bust my stash with one shawl, but this is a shawl that I'm...
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Book Review: ‘Stylish knit scarves & hats with Mademoiselle Sophie’
If you are looking for simple yet stylish accessories such as hats and scarves, then this book by Mlle Sophie is for you. "Stylish knit scarves & hats with Mademoiselle Sophie" is a compendium of...
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Knitting, purling and praying with Lisa Bogart
Disclaimer: I know two Lisa Bogarts. This book is by the knitter and author who lives in Westchester County, NY. It is not the Lisa Bogart who used to be the marketing director at the Bridgewater...
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The Zephirine Cardigan and Swallow Hill Farm
Yesterday, I started my day at STS Tires for some work on my brakes, and of course, I had to knit while I waited for my car. I had finished the first sleeve of my Zephirine Cardigan Friday night, so I...
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