The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is one of the highlights of my year. Held the first weekend in May, it is a huge gathering of fiber animals and the people who love them and their fiber. I go on Sunday, get there right as they open and don’t leave until the very end. It is my idea of a perfect day - rain, sun, hot or cold, it’s all good. Last spring I hadn’t been knitting so much; my son ... Continue Reading
Fiber Festivals and Gatherings
All Hail, The Goddess of Gauge
I have been knitting seriously for 31 years. In that time I have knit lots and lots of things. But not many sweaters for myself. It has probably been 20 years since I knit a sweater for me. After SAFF I decided to knit a sweater to wear to the next knitting event I was going to, Vogue Knitting Live in New York, which is this coming weekend. It seemed the knitterly thing to do. I chose Hayward, ... Continue Reading
SAFF* May Have Changed My Knitting Life (for now)
January may seem an odd time to blog about a fiber festival I attended in October. But what I want to talk about is not the festival itself--a lovely, low-key alternative to Rhinebeck--but about what I did when I got back. I started knitting almost monogamously. I. know. What a concept! It all started because I bought yarn in a major way at SAFF. I was inspired by so many projects and beautiful ... Continue Reading
Knitters Take Over Manchester
Well, it took a few days to reassemble my brain cells but I am back! Interweave Knitting Lab was so much fun. I learned a lot. And met a lot of new, fun people--hi Jessica and Ann! It was four days of classes and market and people and ideas. Four days with my tribe, my peeps. I loved it. The class with Gale Zuker was awesome, as anticipated. She really knows so much about photographing ... Continue Reading