Jun
08
It’s always exciting when a new yarn store is born (they’re so cute when they are young). And even more exciting when that new yarn store is in my back yard! This past Saturday was the grand opening of Orange County, California’s fiber haven, KNIT SchTICK. The doors opened at 11:00am, and by the time …
May
20
This year I was able to go to the Knit & Crochet show in Portland, Oregon. To be perfectly honest, I would go to a paper clip show if it meant a trip to Portland (love that city). The trip itself was fantastic, but I’ll get more into that in the next posting. I had …
Apr
06
Today, a dear friend of mine and co-worker is going in for surgery. I don’t know the reasons why, but what I do know is depending on how it goes she could be out today or in the hospital much longer. The other difficult part is that the recovery will be a minimum of two …
Feb
13
It was a dark stormy…um…day. Actually, it was. It was raining cats and dogs. I never saw the dogs, but the cat was staring me in the face. A coworker had found this patchwork kitten sitting at the front entrance of our office, crying to get inside and out of the rain. The LED “Sucker” …
Feb
07
After just three days, the lost Elephant Baby Afghan pattern has been found! Josephine was kind enough to comment that she recognized the pattern immediately from the 1987 Susan Bates book1 Learn to Crochet in 8 Easy Steps. Rose, thanks to Josephine you are one step closer to getting your pattern. For an easy way …
Feb
05
I love projects that have a double meaning. Like scarves that look like a sushi roll when you roll them up, or scarves that show the color spectrum of a chemical element. My good friend at work (you remember, Content Pig) is a Guitar Hero “super star,” so I was pretty jazzed to see that …
Feb
02
If you have been following The Crochet Dude or Vickie Howell, you know that they (with a few thousand others) were just recently at the Craft and Hobby Association’s trade show in Anaheim. What you didn’t get to see (since it was closed to the public) is the amazing booth wall that was hand crafted …
Jan
27
With the Craft & Hobby show in town some of the biggest names in the crochet and knit community are around. But I never would have guessed that one of the premier male crochet designers, Drew Emborsky (aka The Crochet Dude) would be spending the evening with me. Actually, I’m quite certain that he never …
Jan
26
My favorite city is Portland, Oregon. My favorite crochet designer is The Crochet Dude (Drew Emborsky). When my favorite designer told me of an amazing yarn store in my favorite city, I wanted to go through the wardrobe real bad. Yarnia, nestled in Southeast Portland, is a whole new concept in a yarn store. …
Jan
24
It’s time to do your part. NHS Leeds (formally known as Leeds Primary Care Trust) in the United Kingdom is facing a problem of Size D proportions. They need imitation breasts to assist teaching expectant mothers how to express milk. Due to the enormous expense of simulated latex breasts, and the lack of realism that …
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