Woohoo… I am so excited! I have been mulling over an ad that I was watching for months, and finally took the leap… What for? A 45 inch 4 harness floor loom that came with a whole bunch of other treasures. The loom needed a lot of work to get it back up and running, [...]
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July 19, 2010
Artsy Bloggers July 19 2010
Hmmmm… working away here, meeting deadlines, talking with editors about new pieces, exploring some new directions with pieces that I am simply working on because my heart is called to them…. and, and, and – I can’t really show photos of any of the new work. Well, that’s not very exciting is it? sorry…. ah [...]
July 6, 2010
Contest to win Debbie Bliss Baby Book
Now that we are all back from our long weekend celebrations (hope yours was wonderful), I have a summer treat for you. Debbie Bliss has written a splendiferous new book, called: design it, knit it, babies. sixth & spring books has, once again, done a completely fantastic job of putting it all together. Before I [...]
June 9, 2010
Who won the Vogue Stitchionery?
Two weeks ago, I announced that one lucky (very lucky indeed!) winner would win a copy of: This glorious, wonderful book: Vogue Knitting’s Stitchionary 5 which is a treasure. And, tahdah! The lucky winner was Wendy, who is going to be using the book in her teaching! Congratulations, Wendy! May it bring you joy!
May 31, 2010
Artsy Bloggers May 31
Whew… a trailer load of my mom’s stuff arrived at our house this weekend, so the sorting and sifting has been intense. It completely swamped everything and I have had to burrow out from under it all to come up for air and get myself back on track. Oi vey. Dusting myself off here [...]
May 25, 2010
Win a copy of Vogue Knitting’s new Stitchionary
Knitters of the world rejoice! Sixth & Spring Books have just released their latest ‘Stitchionary’- The Ultimate Stitch Dictionary from the Editors of Vogue-Knitting Magazine. It’s a big honking bundle of joy- a coffee table size book in fact, and is just gorgeous. It’s a compendium of all kinds of recipes for knitting inspiration and [...]
May 9, 2010
The winner of 60 Quick Knits
Two weeks ago, I posted about a contest (link) to win the luscious new book: 60 Quick Knits from Sixth and Spring Books (click the title for the link) Drumrolls please! I chose the winner through the totally un-scientific method of having my husband pick a number. The winner is Sarah. I’ve sent her an [...]
April 21, 2010
60 Quick Knits rocks and you can win it
Scarves. Hats. Mittens. Ho hum, right? no no no no no! 60 Quick Knits actually makes me happy that I live in place that gets winter! This book impressed the heck out of me. I am a designer, so I know how hard it can be to re-interpret classic things like mitts, scarves and hats- [...]
March 21, 2010
And the winners of The Woven Bag books are….
Oh my goodness…. it was so hard to choose the winners of the Woven Bag books! In fact, it was so hard that I actually ended up choosing a consolation prize winner as well as the 2 book winners. So…. who won the books? Nina and Perry. Who won the consolation prize? Sandie (a pdf [...]
March 14, 2010
Artsy Blogger round up for March 14 2010
Wow, has it ever been a busy week- I’ve been madly caught up in a flurry of transitional stuff as I shift gears away from writing the dear departed ‘hankering’ blog, and into getting Tottie up and running again. Oh my! a million things to deal with! Happily, the Artsy Bloggers group has grown! Hurrah! [...]
