You may have noticed my marvelous LaidBack Knitter “icon.” It feels utterly like me. I adore it. How did it come about? I was fortunate to stumble upon a fabulously talented young artist named Igor Zakowski. You can read more about Igor on my “About” page. (Be sure to scroll down.) And your can purchase [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 28, 2009
UFOs!
I’m sorry, but aren’t I supposed to blog about my stuff? My ideas, theories, thoughts, wanderings, and pasttimes? Yes, of course I am. Except I came across this blog that…well….it’s far more deserving of a post than anything I can think of right now.
May 23, 2009
Wild Linda Cortright and Her Fab Fibers…
Writer, publisher Linda Cortright is an uncommon human. Her commitment to her magazine, Wild Fibers, is vast. Equally vast is her commitment to the wild “fibers” that walk on four legs all across our spinning globe. In pursuit of her passion, Linda’s traveled from Kyrgyzstan to Tanzania to New Zealand and just about every place [...]
May 17, 2009
Knittophone what…?
This is a Kittophone. Developed by Azusa Murakami, it’s a “new type of musical instrument” that utalizes knitting – yes, knitting – to convey the joy of making music. Sounds strange and amazing, doesn’t it? Well, you’re right. It is. But it’s also quite fascinating and beautiful.
May 13, 2009
Sustaining a World Through Knitting…
In Bolivia, the Quechua and Aymara Indian women don’t lounge in hot tubs. They don’t turn their TVs to Desperate Housewives or Lost. They don’t get pedicures. What they do is struggle…for food, for warmth, for clothing, for life’s daily needs. Yet one group of these women has considerably improved their way of life. How? Knitting. [...]
May 11, 2009
New Hampshire Sheep & Wool…Had a blast…
Saturday morning the skies threatened to open up. I donned rain gear, boots, a hat. I packed two cameras and notebooks and some dollars for food. For yarn, I slipped my checkbook into my bag. Nothing would deter me from the New Hampshire Sheep & Wool Festival. My friend Chris and I left for the fair [...]
May 8, 2009
New Hampshire Sheep and Wool….
I’ve been waiting for this festival all year. Tomorrow and Sunday, sheep will baaaa and llamas will spit and dogs will herd and bunnie…well, they’ll just look quite adorable. The festival, like many around the country, has tons of stuff for spinners and dyers and yarnies like me. Books, food, pretty much everything fiber related [...]
May 5, 2009
Teach Yourself Visually Hand-Dying…
Barbara Parry’s Teach Yourself Visually Hand-Dyeing is out. Barbara, of Foxfire Fiber & Designs, should be proud of her first book. Congrats! I’ve seen Barbara’s hand-dyeing up close and personal. As I write this, I’m knitting with her hand-dyed sock yarn. It’s delicious. Believe me, she really knows her stuff. Hand dyers and spinners will [...]
May 4, 2009
Maryland Sheep and Wool 2009….
Wish you’d gone to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival? Here’s a whole bunch of photos taken at the mother of all fiber festivals. Enjoy!
May 4, 2009
What Does It Take to Change the World…
I sometimes wonder what it takes to change the world. In particular, how do people around the world know that we, here in the U.S., are just like them? Between a good friend of mine, an Argentinean, there are no barriers. Her life, her sensibility is much the same as mine. But what about the women [...]
