STITCHES Expo at Home offers people access to the best teachers and vendors, and I am teaching two classes in June. STITCHES is known for their top-notch events, and these virtual shows allow access to everyone, regardless of location. I’m teaching Take Flight – Knitting Your First Lace Shawl as well as Shetland Sky, Sea,…
I’m aware that crazy skinny yarn isn’t for everyone, but since March we’ve noticed an uptick in purchases of skinny yarn. Maybe it’s the weather. As temperatures rise some knitters prefer not to have a big lapful of heavy wool. It may also be that with less time spent commuting and being social,…
We’ve been quiet lately, but busy. As a follow-up to Ultima Thule- Patterns Inspired by the Shetland Islands we have turned our attention to the vast tallgrass prairie of central Kansas. For two years we have been making trips to Chase County, Kansas, finding inspiration, getting to know the people who live there, and knitting a lot.…
One can get to the Applecross peninsula of western Scotland two ways — over the Bealach Pass with its 20% grades and tight switchbacks, or around the Coward’s Way, which winds through coastal villages but has its share of tight turns and narrow passages, too. Either way is a delight. Once to the shore, wander…
In May of 2014 Denise and I took a trip to the Shetland Islands of Scotland. Denise, as she is wont to do, saw potential for patterns everywhere. In the year and a half that followed she designed five patterns that were inspired by Shetland. I returned to Shetland in the fall of 2015 to…
In the Fall of 2013, as we could see a busy year for Lost City Knits wrapping up, Denise and I discussed the possibility of a big trip. We usually get away for ten days or two weeks for a road trip, but it had been awhile since we’d had a big adventure. “Where would…
I awoke one morning this winter with a vivid dream still in my head of a fabulous formal garden in the pasture outside our house on the farm. Don’t get me wrong — the pasture is beautiful, but it’s full of native grasses and, to be honest, some weeds and thistles. It will never be…
Yesterday. It. Happened. A wind came through, it brought rain, and cooler temperatures arrived. It’s quite possible that we’re finally done with 100+ temps. I’ve been done with them for some time but they still kept happening almost daily. Maybe it’s just the flipping of another page on the calendar and seeing September that has…
I’ve finally finished my Blue Lafitte with Beads! This shawl turned out great and I’m quite happy with it – although I will say there could be more beads. There are a lot of beads on the Lafitte Shawl. But after blocking it I think more could be added on the last two charts –…
Last Saturday was the first day that I’ve made it to the Cherry Street Farmers Market in Tulsa this season. Once upon a time I was there every Saturday. But life changes and now it’s a once-in-a-while thing. Since summer arrived I’ve been craving tomatoes. Not the cardboard tasteless things at the grocery store. No…