The Hook and I

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Now and Then, the little gift shop in Takoma Park where I teach knitting is dramatically expanding their yarn selection. The’ve recently added Malabrigo yarn–an ultra-soft merino hand-dyed in a cooperative in Uruguay. (They also recently got some great laceweight silk/mohair, and they’re . . . → Read More: Mmmmmmmmalabrigo….

It’s been a busy summer, and believe it or not, when the recent issue of Crochetme came out, I devoured the patterns and articles, but forgot about my own contribution–this report on the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival. So you may have already seen it, but since I haven’t linked to it yet, here it . . . → Read More: Somehow I let this slip past…

The little local Takoma Gazette wrote a short piece about my kids knitting classes. I missed seeing the print version, but found it online this morning. You have to scroll way down the page to “Learn to Knit” to see . . . → Read More: Article in local paper…

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I’ve fallen a bit behind in my blogging, so the needles pictured are actually from early July… I was teaching a class at the Takoma Park Rec Center–a rough-around-the-edges sort of place with extremely caring folks who offer day camp to lots of . . . → Read More: Home Depot Needles

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I’ve been away from home for about a week–visiting family and staying at our little cottage in the north woods of Wisconsin (making friends with butterflies and canoeing, but not doing much knitting or crocheting).

This evening, thanks to TiVo, I was able . . . → Read More: Friends beaming into my living room…

Robyn posted a story about a grocery store bagger on a marine corps base who crochets afghans on the side a few days ago on her site–and while I know many men who knit and crochet, what caught my eye was the link to CrochetMe! The original article was on the Marine Corp’s official web site. . . . → Read More: Hey Kim, getting more site visits from Marines?

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Who would have thought that a pirate cruise in Baltimore’s inner harbor would be fodder for fiber blogging? Well, as we set off to the metro to catch the train to Baltimore, Selma said–oh mom! I need an eye patch! Crochet to the rescue! I can’t remember . . . → Read More: Arrrrrrrr!

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This is Charlie–he was one of the “real” crew on the Pirate cruise (There was also a Pirate crew who entertained the kids with swashbuckling madness). Charlie saw Johanna and me frantically knitting our samples for our knitting retreat, and was . . . → Read More: Ahoy, Knitter!