Another fabulous Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool!
It’s been a crazy month, and I’m sitting in a hotel room in Chicago at Vogue Knitting Live (more on that later), and I saw my file of wonderful Rhinebeck Sheep & Wool pictures and realized . . . oh yeah, I was going to post those. Since I’m 15 hours of teaching deep, with […]
Dream Weekend: Maine + Sweaters + Lobsters = Make Wear Love
Is it possible to be homesick for a place that isn’t your home? It can when that place is as special as coastal Maine and you just came back from spending a weekend teaching with amazing students in the company of amazing fellow teachers in a most AMAZING location at the Make. Wear. Love retreat. […]
The Joy of Doing What You Love
“JUST DO IT” – Doing What You Love It’s been quite a year. Yep, believe it or not, I began this incredible journey of being a full time knitwear designer and teacher a little over a year ago. I’d been working in the industry for seven years, but always for other people (yarn shop, yarn […]
Camp Stitches = All the Fun, None of the Mosquitoes
If you’re anything like me you’re wondering – where did the summer go????? I’ve been a terrible blogger, but I hope you’ll forgive me when you see the new designs & classes coming out. It’s been an insanely busy summer with planning for filming a new online class for Annie’s as well as an exciting […]
Knitting by Fires
Catch up blogging . . . Part One 2014 is starting out to be an insanely busy time. This being my first year as a full time knitting teacher and knitwear designer (goodbye office hours and subway commute – yippe!), I’m still learning where the crazily busy time are. October / November was one of […]
Stitches East – Amazing!
Next up in the live out of suitcase life of a traveling knitting teacher . . . STITCHES East This was the view from my hotel room window. Yes, I woke up that early. I hope you enjoyed that picture . . . it’s the only one I took. I was too focused on teaching […]
Vogue Knitting Live Chicago!
Okay, so admittedly, I’m the worst blogger ever. I’m trying to catch up because there’s been SOOOO much going on. I’ll start with a couple of weeks ago when I was lucky enough to get to go to my home town – Chicago. Vogue Knitting Live Chicago I don’t get to go home too often, […]
New York Sheep and Wool Festival (aka: Rhinebeck)
New York Sheep and Wool Festival (aka: Rhinebeck, Nirvana, Heaven or the Mother Ship Calling us Home) This is by far my favorite time of year. I know, as knitters we all say that, but it’s true. A nip in the air, the colors changing, a fire in the fireplace, hot cider . . . […]
Tales of a Traveling Teacher – Houston Knitting Guild
Houston Knitting Guild I’ve been on the road a LOT lately, and I love teaching, and I love meeting new people, but there are no words to express how much I LOVED teaching for the awesome ladies of the Knit at Night Guild in Houston Texas. I had a sense this might be a well […]
Knitting in the South – The Knit and Crochet Show
I’ve been buried under a pile of work lately and been a terrible blogger. However, when you’re buried in your work and you are a knitting teacher and knitwear designer, the mountain of yarn pressing down on your head is at least soft. This time of year is an insanely busy one, with shows nearly […]