How could it be nearly April. This year is going faster than ever. I’m lining up all sorts of fun things for the rest of 2016 and have even lined up some fab events for 2017. I promised a summer update, so here’s a round up of the Summer teaching events (HINT: read all the way […]
Life is full of changes. Right now my husband and I are selling our home. It’s a long story, but we’re getting ready for a move and we don’t know to where. Getting your place ready for an open house means packing up a LOT of your stuff. For a knitter, that means packing up yarn, […]
Some of you may have taken my class “Improve Your Knitting” and have learned quite a bit about Eastern, Western, Combination knitting, and of course, the vital importance of stitch mounts. Sometimes we see something on our knitting that looks a bit odd, similar looking to the V of a knit stitch, but a bit […]
This is the book I’ve been waiting for. It was a couple of years ago that Carol Sulcoski first told me about her book idea. Knitting trivia, weird facts and general fascinating tidbits about knitting! Sign me up! Last month at Vogue Knitting Live, I got to attend the book launch and get my own autographed […]
Last year I wrote a summertime Valentine to my perfect Crafter’s Spouse. Leave me a comment to tell me how your spouse, friend, partner, boss makes your crafting life better. Here’s wishing you a day full of love for our CRAFT!!! Please enjoy this Knitter’s Valentine’s Day slide show
In past Tuesday Tips we have touched on gauge (as many of you know, one of my favorite topics). We’ve talked about how you can measure when you can’t see your stitches, and how to block your swatch. Today I want to deal with another special gauge situations, knitting in the round Gauge Swatch in the […]
2016 has started out with a bang. A great teaching trip to TNNA and Vogue Knitting Live NYC. Now I’m getting ready to head out to Stitches West, but before January & February becomes a memory, here’s a round up of the Spring, Early Summer teaching jobs. Don’t forget, if you know a shop or […]
Wow. A couple of weeks ago, I ran a raffle to win a goodie bag full of yarn, needles and notions. I asked my students to share a swatch, or project that they made from class. There were some amazing entries, and the randomly chosen winner is one of my Vogue Knitting Live students from […]
Yesterday I wrote about our trade show TNNA, now it’s time to turn our attention to the center ring, the knitting maaaaain event – Vogue Knitting Live NYC! “In which Patty ventures to Manhatten, teaches 165 students, loses her voice and is saved by her friends and the staff of Vogue Knitting Live.”
Every January comes a double punch in the knitting world. First we have our trade show TNNA, followed by my favorite time of the year . . . Vogue Knitting Live NYC (more about that in the next post)! That makes for two weeks full of yarn, friends, classes, amazing students, and this year . . […]