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 :)

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5 Things I learned During the Pandemic

Pandemic is defined as (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. I promise you I never EVER thought I would be living in such times. A virus that is prevalent throughout the world is something you read about in history not the damn news! Even though I don’t normally have visitors, […]

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Local Yarn Shops and Social Distancing | Will You Go?

Yarn shops, my favorite place to hang out and touch all the yarn. There is nothing more joyful than meeting up with your fiber friends at one or a few local yarn shops on the weekend. That joy seems like an old dream now. As is the case with most of us, this simple joy

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Body Conscious | Does Your Body Drive Your Pattern Choices

This body is mine. I was today years old when I decided to accept that fact. What does this have to do with pattern decisions GG? Is that your question? Well my answer is EVERYTHING! As you know I am blessed in the chest AND I could stand to lose a pound or two…so once

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My Thoughts On This Thursday |Will I Ever Be Comfortable?

My thoughts on this Thursday are specific to our fiber community. As I have said before, Black wave part 2 is powerful. This wave of followers and attention has all but crippled me. Let me explain these thoughts in more detail. It’s obvious that I am Black in a predominately white fiber industry. Once again

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Work In Progress | I am the Work that’s in Progress

Work in progress Wednesday is the maker’s show and tell. Every week we show what is on our needles/hooks. I am STILL knitting the same sweater *rolls eyes* so the work I am doing is on me. I am my own forever project and I need to put me down for a minute. My hands

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Summer Weight Yarn | A Story About Cotton

Cotton can be used at anytime, but I promise I love a cotton piece when the temps rise. I currently have my eye on a dress, yes a knit sleevless dress!! Do you have a favorite lightweight yarn? What do you use most for your summer knits? I can remember not knowing that you could

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Why I Joined The Consistency Challenge

Challenge is defined as a call to take part in a contest or competition, especially a duel. No I am not dueling with anyone. LOL! If you have been with me for a while, you will remember this is how I got started on YouTube. I had to upload a video every day for 30

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Stand in the Gap | Commit to Change

If you are reading this, you know the world is literally and figuratively on fire. I mean here we go again, another hashtag started trending and we all witnessed the horrific murder of George Floyd. You have to agree that things must change As stated in a previous post, I couldn’t just knit no matter

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I am not a POC, I am Black | A Story about why this is important to me

I am not a POC, I am a black woman. My mother was a black woman. Her mother was a black woman I AM A BLACK WOMAN! Ok GG! We get it you are not a POC, you are black. Why is that important? Is that your question? Let’s talk about it ok? First, POC

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