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
Sweater knitting
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