We are half-way Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat and I celebrated by coming home and taking a nap!  We had a class in woven stitches (with Margaret Radcliffe who is terrific teacher – she marched us all through a rigorous… Continue reading

Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat is just days away!   Sarah and I are crazy excited because we get to teach 3 “mini” classes this year — on top of the 3 classes we are taking and the sweet temptations of… Continue reading

When is a knitter not a knitter?  When she is the Bust-it-out Halloween Costume Stitcher! Over the past couple of weeks, Sarah and I have spent an inordinate amount of time designing and creating Halloween costumes.  We got all inspired,… Continue reading

WWKIP Day — i.e. World-Wide Knit In Public Day Where did I knit?  At Santa Clara University — our Sasha's graduation! I managed to complete 6 rows of Gwen's blanket (the Baby Ull one) — 288 stitches per row.  About… Continue reading

I am collapsed on the bed in the hotel on this our last afternoon at Stitches.  It is all pretty much over now – the classes have ended , the yarn market is closing, most of the knitters have gone. … Continue reading

The irony is that when life is hopping — and, consequently, there is much about which to write — there is no time for blogging.  Such has been the case yet again!   I could have written much more about… Continue reading

Sarah and I are eagerly preparing for our first Front Room Knit Studio class session.  We begin on Monday.  Sorting out items for the supply kits (which we provide) and adding notes to the lesson plans makes it all feel… Continue reading

Sarah looked sweet in my "Spokane Ferocity" (a "ferocity" being our term for an absolutely unique piece).  It draped nicely over her pregnant belly!  I wore my "Forbidden Summer Sweater" on the day we had class with Elsebeth Lavold (of… Continue reading

Today (besides being Valentines Day, of course) is our mid-Madrona catch-our-breath day (it is also laundry day, but I digress…).    Sarah and I had “Baltic Braids and Bobbles” with Nancy Bush all day Thursday – 6 hours of concentrated… Continue reading

We are a little bit famous this week – Sarah and Pelagia Fiber Arts and I.  Sarah was interviewed by a reporter from our Tacoma paper, The News Tribune, and was part of a feature called “Mompreneurs” which told about… Continue reading