Dinner at La Muse Originally uploaded by plainsight This was one of my favorite moments of the conference. A group of us gathered after the show closed on Saturday night and wandered until we stumbled upon this restaurant called La
Crochet and Craft
Coffee Originally uploaded by Bnice2mice The Craft Magazine Blog is full of crochet-love the past few days, with lots of great links including one to the flickr set of Bnice2mice who made this cute tea cup as well as lots
KnitBoy’s 200
aiight Originally uploaded by knitboy1 John Brinegar (aka KnitBoy) made a giant crocheted scarf that he’s just posted on Ravelry, which I’m guessing will have folks all over running for their bulky yarn and big hooks. I love the bold
A Fair Trade
Yesterday, I was having tea with my friend Tanya, an artist, photographer, fashion designer and all around creative person who moved to my neighborhood not long after I did. She spoke so eloquently about why she no longer sells her
Hard Work
Divine Bird has an interesting post about creativity and craft and how in her opinion, it’s more about practice than amazing talent that makes people good at what they do. She’s a spinner with some nice looking yarn on her
On the Cover
Crochet Today CoverOriginally uploaded by plainsight There are still a few weeks before this issue will hit the newsstands, but I was excited to discover at TNNA that my recent vest design for TNNA will be featured on the March/April
Magic Balls
Brandon Mably teaching Magic Balls class Originally uploaded by plainsight Today I took a color theory class with Brandon Mably. Brandon is part of Kaffe Fasset’s design team and a great designer and author in his own right. In the
James was only a snail…
IMG00033.jpgOriginally uploaded by plainsight We saw this little guy on the way to the opening day of The National Needle Arts (TNNA) conference which is happening this weekend in Long Beach, CA. I’ve been getting energized by all the yarn
Flying Time
I’m in San Francisco for a couple of days staying with my brother and his family and seeing my niece Solveig for the first time. Here she’s wearing the sweater I made for her on the plane–it’s a modular pullover
Krum Kakke
Krum KakkeOriginally uploaded by plainsight Here’s the first of a few posts wrapping up our recent trip home for the holidays–It was lovely and relaxed and there was lots of time for knitting and crafting and cooking. Here my dad