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Is that because she will turn 17 next year? Anyways, number 17 was . . . drumroll please, Nancy Wilson!
Nancy receiving her winning book, Knitted Gifts
And here she is just sitting down after a hard day of teaching.
No, she isn’t an employee, but is a valuable part of our teaching team and she was teaching [...]
Tomorrow is the beginning of our winter Soups On! knitting . . . on Fridays from 11-3, we put soup from Martin’s Homestyle Soup Company in our crock pot (hmm, maybe I better check and make sure its here as well as that I have enough bowls, spoons, etc.) and anyone who would like to [...]
and I’m taking stock on what I was able to get done and don’t want to think about how much I need to go . . . a couple rows of Cassidy, which actually is a huge accomplishment considering that I’m knitting a huge size and I combined the fronts/back. I did maintain some decreases at [...]
to an open house to celebrate Penny’s retirement.Â
  Hmmm, as my mind travels back through the years that Penny has worked for me, I realize there are many “jobs” she has performed, from making sure the packages are out the door complete and on time to decorating for the holidays and making sure I’ve shut [...]
BTS = Behind The Scenes, an acronym we use at Emmaus Walks for the go-fers
And, here are some shots from BTS at Stitches Midwest and, yes, Tom was definitely the “go-fer” and we couldn’t have done it without him. My thanks to the whole team that helped man the Knitting Today booth, Claudia from Yarn Sisters [...]
I feel bad, sort of, that on Tom’s vacation he has to load a truck, drive, unload a truck, move boxes, unload inventory, fill shelves, and at the end of a long weekend refill boxes, move boxes, reload a truck and drive again, unload, etc. I think he’ll then leave the reshelving to the rest of [...]
Oh what a wonderful time we will all have . . . this, our eleventh retreat, is looking like a fun, fun, time. Of course, the snow days really threw a twist in the works since June 5 is now my girls last day of school. I made it this weekend as it looked like [...]
We love designer Bonne Marie Burns, ChicKnits, designs and her design Cassidy is calling my name. I have seen pictures on ravelry of it with a collar instead of a hood and I just love it. I’ve done two lace designs now and I’m ready to get back to cables. So, anyone want to join [...]
Join Tom in a Knitting Today-sponsored “Felted Clogs College Team Colors Contest” (now known as the FCCTCC). Simply knit your favorite college team color clogs using the Fiber Trends clog pattern (available at http://www.knittingtoday.com/go.mvc?ID=80252), embellished however you wish to represent your favorite team, and send a before and after picture with FCCTCC in the [...]
Lorna Miser, knitwear designer and author and former owner of Lorna’s Laces, is in Indiana right now and is available to teach a special class at Knitting Today this Saturday, November 1, from 1-4. It is going to be a class I had to leave out of the retreat offerings: Design for Baby, Knit for [...]
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