Mid-October, when the maple trees are at their best in the Hudson Valley section of New York, is the ideal time for a sheep and wool festival, and the 2008 event was perfect! Brisk, sweater weather, brilliant sunshine – and knitters and crocheters everywhere. Here are a few shots from the show:
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Archive for October, 2008
Where There’s Sheep, There’s a Wool Festival
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pumpkin Time!
Posted in crochet, knitting, yarn on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With pumpkins and colorful leaves around every corner here in Vermont, it’s the perfect Halloween atmosphere. So, with that in mind, it’s time for a couple of embellishments to your cup cozies from the last two weeks. For this week, use the basic crocheted cozy pattern (which was more for a large cup [...]
NaturallyBaby Contest!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Caron International and A.C. Moore stores have teamed up to bring you a very special contest. To enter, just knit or crochet a baby-sized blanket (about 40″ x 60″) and enter a photo and documentation by December 1, 2008. You could win up to $300!! Even better, with every entry, Caron will donate $1 to [...]
Cozying Up…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Country cup cozy patterns and ideas continue, this time with a knitted cozy. Liz has created a super-simple knitted cup cozy in garter-stitch – and done straight and seamed. (For those of you who are double-pointed-needles devotees, you can certainly knit this in the round.) She did it in two contrasting [...]
Crochet Out and Knit Too!!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On September 21, the New York City Crochet Guild sponsored their own grassroots Knit-Out, held on famous 125th Street in Harlem. Earlier in the year, they asked if I would come down to judge the fashion show, so how could I say no?
These ladies had been so active in the Knit-Outs when they [...]
