For the past six years the Spinning & Weaving Association has been promoting the arts of spinning and weaving (curiously enough!). The idea is certainly to increase sales for retailers and wholesalers, but trust me when I say that no one gets “rich” off these arts at any level. We do it because we love...

The National Needlearts Association (TNNA) summer trade show happens each June. It is where shop owners go to buy their fall yarn. In 95 degree heat. Yowser. Hard to think wool when you feel like you have to have swim to your car! Thankfully, inside was fairly cool (well, some of the time) and it...

The title “grandmother” has certain responsibilities. Like taking part in a new child’s life. Unfortunately, my 6-month old grandson lives in the northwest Chicago suburbs – it’s not easy to pop over and say hello. So, Sunday, Mother’s Day, I climbed on the train at oh-dark-thirty (as we used to say in the Army) in...

This photo captures Stacey assisting Deb in a front porch photo shoot. I promised Deb that nothing would show but the skirt . . . but they agreed that this photo was too fun to hide in my computer. Our front porch hosts many photo shoots. Sometimes I’ve got stuff sitting on the porch and...

Well, the Estonian Garden Wrap lives again! I ordered more yarn, two cones of Jaggerspun4/8 Zephyr, just in case the dye lots didn’t match my earlier knitting. It was my luck: they didn’t match. But, I decided that I liked my (now) swatch enough to start again from the beginning. So, here’s where I am...