The Hook and I

Johanna comes over to the dark side Originally uploaded by plainsight.

Today marks a scary, yet momentous day in my life. For the first time ever, I thought to myself, “gee, I can’t wait untill I get some free time so that I can knit,” . . . → Read More: Johanna comes over to the dark side

My cousin Johanna, a textile design student at the University of Kansas, who’s interning with me this summer, has a couple of exciting things coming up.

This weekend, she’s giving a demonstration of indigo dyeing at The Texile Museum in Washington DC–the demonstration begins at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 1, and includes a tour of indigo . . . → Read More: Johanna’s Summer Adventure

Blogger Amelia S. got a tour of the cotton dyeing facility . . . → Read More: Visiting Elmore-Pisgah

Circles Salon is hundreds of miles away, near Boston, and I have never even been there, but from what I read about them, it’s the yarn store of my dreams. They have carefully chosen yarns that emphasize the artisan, support the communities the fiber comes from, and consider the environmental impact of their creation. They have . . . → Read More: My dream yarn store

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Map Your Yarn Shop

With the summer travel season upon us–many folks will be looking to plan their road trips around their yarn shopping find an LYS in their vacation spot. A few new resources have just popped up.

MapMuse is gettng a lot of buzz today on e-mail lists probably due to a plug . . . → Read More: Yarn Store Road Trip

0624061652 Originally uploaded by plainsight.

Doesn’t it make sense to be knitting socks while getting a pedicure? Sock picture to follow…

Technorati Tags:knitting, socks, pedicure, cascade fixation, . . . → Read More: All for the feet…

sleeveless top Originally uploaded by plainsight.

Here’s a sneak peek at a tube top (with optional straps) that I’m designing for a class I’m teaching in August. I’ll post a photo of the whole thing after I figure out what I’m going to do with the pattern…In other . . . → Read More: Tube Top

Cat Bordhi may have been the first to knit a treehouse, but folks in London have recently knit an entire house out of unusual building materials.

Part performance art, part architectural challenge–local women spent weeks preparing the pieces using large specially made needles and rope, plastic bags, yarn and other fibers. On June 17th, they knitted . . . → Read More: Knitting Architechture

Hi, I’m Johanna Buschmann. I’m Amy’s cousin and for the summer I’m her intern as well. Im living in Takoma Park with her, learning all that I can about knitting, crochet, and how to blog like a pro. Amy’s letting me do some reviews, so finally I am getting a chance to tell the . . . → Read More: New Publications

You might think I haven’t been knitting or crocheting much, as I haven’t posted about any projects lately… Actually, I’ve been really busy but yarn companies usually don’t want you to post pictures of designs until they’ve published them…

So, I can now show you this wrap I did . . . → Read More: Finally, a finished project…