On February 20th the labor began, the journey to birth..yes I said birth, because every time I make a piece I feel like I have  had a new baby. My projects are alive and have personalities, to me (no I am not clinically crazy). The patterns teach and motivate me as I go along. They […]
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Yesterday I posted about the beauty of slipping that first stitch and the edge it creates. That post generated some conversation that got me to thinking about slipped stitches and when to use them. So what is a slipped stitch any way? Slipped Stitch A slipped stitch is passed from the left needle to the right
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I am so green out here in these Knitting streets that some techniques I just do because that is what “they” said. You know what I mean, you don’t know “why” but you know how, so you simply do. Â All of this applies to slipping that first stitch. I was taught that way and when
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Day 3 of Mixed Tape Tour at Do Ewe Knit? in Westfield NJ and I couldn’t wait. The weatherman said it was supposed to snow/rain/sleet and I prayed it wasn’t bad, because who was about to slide down the Garden State Parkway? Yup that would be me. The roads weren’t bad, but the traffic…ugh!! So
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Have you ever seen something, anything that you have seen many times before, but this one time, it made your mouth drop open? Then you stop to think what it was that stopped you dead in your tracks, because that car, hat, shoe, sofa isn’t new, but in THAT color? You say to yourself, you
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According to Google  a trunk show is an event in which vendors present merchandise directly to store personnel or customers at a retail location or another venue such as a hotel room, in this case it was a yarn store. Do Ewe Knit? in Westfield NJ to be exact. The venue was set to inspire us with designs from Stephen West and StevenBe.
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It’s never far from me. It’s a cold Saturday and I am in super duper lazy mode. I woke up, grabbed my touring cape and my MacBook and got back in the bed 😜 my daughter ordered breakfast for us and the chill factor is almost illegal. I am doing my normal browsing through my
I love hearts, so when I was asked about knitting a heart, the first thing I did was go searching for a pattern. I love the Internet, because you can find anything and everything. In my travels I came across this blog julieandtheknits and a post from 11/22/13. The pattern can be found here. The
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After, you have all the essentials cared for, a storm, and in my case, a blizzard is the perfect excuse to knit the day away. My area is under a blizzard warning so I am currently watching the weather channel and you guessed it, knitting 😜 My daughter wants an infinity scarf but not bulky,
What to do during a Blzzard? Read More »
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail” -Edwin Land Let’s talk about that part of my personality that stops me from reading the directions and just going for it, yea that part. I shared in a previous post that I wanted to learn design right? The best course of action would
