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Because I don’t have enough hobbies
The DC Metro Yarn Crawl started this Saturday. I’ve been looking forward to it, both because I’ve never done a yarn crawl before (other than unofficial ones), and because of the 10 stores that are participating, I’ve only been to 3 of them before: fibre space in Alexandria, VA; Looped Yarn Works in DC; and [...]
When you love hand-dyed yarn…
Check out Sharon’s post on the DC Trunk Show! I love hand-dyed yarn. Love, love, love, love, love. I love variegated yarn, semi-solid yarn, yarn with analogous colors, yarn with complimentary colors, yarn with colors you’d never think of putting together but some how work beautifully. And this is why I love Three Irish Girls [...]
Also posted in Reviews, Yarn
Tagged 3IG, carpe yarnem, class on knitting with hand-dyed yarn, eliminating pooling, enhancing pooling, hand-dyed yarn, knitting with hand-dyed yarn, one-of-a-kind colorways, pooling, stash enhancement, the yarn spot, three irish girls, three irish girls trunk show, variegated yarn, yarn dyeing
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Shawl Design with Kirsten Kapur
When the email came out from Fibre Space a few months ago with the list of upcoming classes, “Shawl Design with Kirsten Kapur” was the first one my eye lit on. I love shawls. You wouldn’t know it, looking at my project page–sadly devoid of any shawls, although I have knit a shawlette–Mary-Heather Cogar’s Simple [...]
Also posted in Design Process, Knitting
Tagged fibre space, Kirsten Kapur, lace design, lace shawl, shawl, shawl design, shawlette, Through the Loops
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Back to school shopping
This past weekend was the tax-free holiday in the state of Virginia. Naturally, I took advantage of the chance to buy the kids’ winter clothes, as well as the supplies my son Jeffrey needs for kindergarten (less than a month until my oldest starts school. Mom is not ready). And I took the opportunity to [...]
Also posted in Reviews
Tagged back to school shopping, branding, desiging, design classes, designer 101, fashion illustration, get published, knitgrrl, knitgrrl virtual studio, marketing, marketing and branding, publishing class, school supplies, shannon okey, tech editing, tech editing classes
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