Although the 20 shawls in Classic Knit Shawls are based on classic shawls, this book is filled with creative expressions in shawls that are modern and fit right into the current shawl focus in knitting. I would recommend Classic Knit Shawls to any knitter looking for a selection of beautiful shawls and who is interested…
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What Was New At TNNA?
Shall we go through the raft of photos (50!) I took in the New Products display to see what was new at TNNA? It was so nice to to see a robust showing of items that were being shown off by their vendors. I do tend to skip the needlepoint, and some of the auxiliary things, but…
My Strategy Intentions
My strategy intentions are a continuation of the post that appeared on Friday, June 9. I need to get this out of my system and into the records! It would appear that I have been setting strategy intentions while also reviewing, so let’s look at going forward, or strategy intentions. Big Strategy Intentions More fully link my marketing plan and my…
TNNA Summer 2017 Was So Exciting!
TNNA Summer 2017 was so exciting! There was excitement in the air when I finally got to the Friday pre-Event events and it just continued through the weekend. TNNA Summer 2017 was the first big TNNA show at which I haven’t worked on the fashion show in several years. It gave me a little lee-way on…
My Strategies Posts, How Was the Past Year?
This is the start of a new chapter for me, so it is a good time to look at what I’ve done and review what I had in my strategies posts before this. I think I will find that this is a good time to reframe some of my strategies, but first a review. My…
Picking Up Stitches Is A Big Topic!
When I looked to see if I’d written a Picking Up Stitches blog post, I didn’t find one. My response is a little “where do you start” and “it is no wonder this is so unclear”. But my knitting friend Bonnie asked me about it and although I answered her directly, I think it is something…
There Will Always Be Paris
This isn’t going to be about the Paris Climate Agreement, but I am so disappointed with #45’s decision to withdraw. While mostly disappointed in the message this makes about climate and our environment, I regret what has happened to our global standing, and how this likely to marginalize us in a way I have never…
Gathering Needles Into Their Proper Place
It is time for gathering needles when twice in one week I have not been able to find circular needles that I need. It is entirely possible that the US size 2(2.75mm) circular needles I sought do not exist in my collection, but that I couldn’t find a US size 3(3.0mm) or even a size…
What A System of Grading Offers You
A System of Grading offers you, as a designer, tech editor, or other knitwear professional, a semester-long series of classes designed to build your skills, polish your technique, and give you the tools to strengthen your grading chops. When I taught at FIDM we always had Course Objectives (COs) and Student Learning Outcomess (SLOs) that courses…
The Joy of Color, Fair Isle Knitting Your Way
I purchased and received The Joy of Color: Fair Isle Knitting Your Way back in the fall of 2016. I put it aside. Although I was interested in seeing what Janine Bajus had done, I am not a fair isle knitter. Knowing I had the Feral Knitter as my Guest post this month, I thought…
A Pause From the Usual Knitting Content
My mother, Jane Van Duyne (Wolcott) Lewis died on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2017. I would normally have written a blog post for today, but I’m going to take a pause from the usual technical knitting post. I’m just not feeling at all inclined to write, and especially think, right now. I think it is…
Spring 2017 Travel Diary: Lisbon, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Madrid, London
Spring 2017 Travel was necessary. Not only did we move to Seattle where we knew the winter would be an adjustment, but the rain was the worst (best?) on record! As I write this Spring 2017 Travel Diary post, it is a month after our return and we have had more than 45 inches of rain this…
