Gaye Glasspie

I am a confessed yarn addict, who also happens to be the mom of a beautiful, almost 21 year old, young lady. Welcome to my fiber diary. Come along with me as I obsess over all things fiber :). Contact me on GGmadeit@gmail.com and most importantly, thanks for visiting :)

Let there be light | A Brighttech Magnifying Lamp review

I was sent a product to review!! Yes little ole me, can you believe it? I mean just last week we made three years here on ggmadeit.com. Yay!! So when I got the email asking me to review, I sat up just a bit taller.  What review GG? Is that your question? Well hold on

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Tis the Season |GG Does NJ Sheep and Wool Festival

Tis the Season for all the fiber related events and I am super excited. Below you will find my latest YouTube video with my thoughts, footage and my haul.  I also included information about other events that will take place this season. I just love when it’s time for all the Yarn Crawls and Wool

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Totebag Tuesday | Introducing The GG Embroidery Collection

Embroidery, not a craft I ever imagined enjoying. Insert Becca Smith, owner of Tres Chic Stitchery, and not only do I enjoy working with needle and thread but I now have a collection of kits inspired by me!! Woo Hoo!  I am so very proud that Becca is willing to work with me to get

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The Sweater Workshop is so much more than patterns

Making a Sweater has always been a fear of mine, for so many reasons. We won’t dwell on the fact that I have in fact completed a sweater or two or three, but I digress. For some silly reason, in my mind, I thought because I hadn’t completed a fingering weight sweater, I was lacking. 

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Bamboo Summer Top

Hot off the needles | Bamboo Summer Top

The Bamboo Summer Top is a free pattern by Nancy Ricci. I watched as she knitted it and called for testers. The pictures she posted were lovely, as were those of the testers. I will admit, my initial thought was “how will the girls fit in that cute little top” I know I can’t be

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I am going to Ohio to teach a workshop

The Stitched Portrait Workshop happens the day before my birthday. The location is just outside of Cleveland, a city I have never been to before. What a way to spend my birthday weekend, don’t you agree? This workshop is great for beginners as well as proficient stitchers. We will be reviewing 5 stitches and having

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Diversity in Crafting | Does Ethnicity Matter?

Diversity is defined this way “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements : variety; especially : the inclusion of different types of people (such as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization. programs intended to promote diversity in school’ according to Webster.  The moment  I upgraded my Logo the issue

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When Cocoknits and Plucky Knitter meet

Cocoknits, you all know I love this company right?  I finally met Julie at VKL this year but I fell in love with her quite a long time ago. Read here for the my first purchase. Let me take that back, my first purchase was a pattern. I made her weekend wrap, YES!! Look at how things

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Finished Friday on a Monday

I finished and it is not Friday. LOL It’s been a minute since I last posted an FO and that is because I can NOT do multiple WIPS. I truly don’t understand how folks have multiple projects going at once. I promise I would never ever finish anything. Did I share  when I was gifted

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