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Craftsy Brioche Class

I left my heart in Oakland

The title is more accurate than the usual San Francisco based song lyric. Not that I didn’t enjoy SF, but my time in Oakland with the Kristine and Adrienne (and CLEO!) of A Verb for Keeping Warm and my friend Karen Templer definitely left me with a case of the warm fuzzies. And an almost […]

Unwind Getaway

A few years back, I had the pleasure of teaching at the first Unwind Getaway, a knitting retreat hosted by Nancy Shroyer of Nancy’s Knit Knacks, and her friend Sue Homewood. Unwind is held among a small group of knitters (less than 50!) in a lovely inn nestled in the mountains of Blowing Rock, North […]

Post-TNNA haze

Knitscene Emmanuelle pullover

I’m back from TNNA! I’m still gathering my thoughts for a real review of the show, but in the meantime, you should visit my (new!) friend Karen’s blog, Fringe Association, to read all about the fun weekend from her perspective. Karen and I were thrown together by fate to become roommates for the weekend event, […]