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30 Dec 2009 | | I’m having a love affair with a yarn. The object of my affection is the handspun, self-striping, single ply 32 Flavors created by Stephanie McKay. Though I haven’t counted all the saturated colors I’m certain there are 32 and possibly more. And though the brilliant colors caused my heart to first flutter, one touch cinched the relationship. 32 Flavors is one of the softest merino wools I have ever felt.
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10 Dec 2009 | | The big stitch Gedifra striped scarf captured my attention as I was adding the book, Gedifra Moments 0210, plus projects from it to our online store. The scarf’s combination of texture and color was too inviting – it had to be knitted. And so I did.
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13 Nov 2009 | Rowan 30th Anniversary Exhibition |
| It was over a year ago that Bonnie and I learned that Rowan was launching a thirty-year retrospective of knitwear from their biannual magazines. Rowan’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition has traveled throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia and now it’s here in Lenox, MA. The Exhibit is open for the month of November at the Welles Gallery in the historic Lenox Library. I’ve pictorially documented for you and us its set-up and opening reception.
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25 Oct 2009 | Buffalo Gold Lux Braided Cowl |
| There’s a saying about something burning a hole in your pocket. To most people aware of the phrase it means you have money and you want to spend it. To me it means there’s a pressing need to do something with something I have in my possession and that something is usually yarn. I’ve been holding onto one skein of Buffalo Gold’s #12 Lux Laceweight while I considered the right project for it. Dyed by Lorna’s Laces the skein’s colors capture autumn’s splendor. How fitting that I am knitting with it now.
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