Last weekend, I attended and exhibited at TNNA in Columbus, Ohio. TNNA is an industry trade show for those in the needle arts industry. Yarn companies, notions makers, designers, teachers, and others come together to show their products, and retail stores come to see what's new and place orders. ... Read More about Post-TNNA Crash
journal
May Crazy
This time of year is a whirlwind. The end of the school year. Field trips. Dance auditions. Dance recitals. Softball games. Baseball games. Summer camp prep. TNNA prep. It all happens now. Juliana is finishing up her second year of dance. She auditioned for one of the competition teams at her ... Read More about May Crazy
Gratitude
I'm a week behind for the last prompt in the Love Your Blog challenge. That's okay. Last week was a doozy, and as we gear up for the end of school, it's going to be a crazy couple of weeks. This weekend was just perfect for me to reflect on all of the things for which I'm grateful. Special ... Read More about Gratitude
Ugly
I've had a hard time writing this week's Love Your Blog post. The prompt was Ugly. Ugly can encompass a lot of things in knitting. A project that just didn't work. A hopelessly tangled skein. Gauge problems. Here in this house, ugly can be used to describe my desk and workspace. It's bad. So bad ... Read More about Ugly
The beginning
When I first saw the prompt for Kate's Love Your Blog challenge, I knew exactly what I was going to write. The prompt for this week is "Beginnings." I'm not going to write about how or when I started knitting, or blogging, or the beginning of my design career. I've said all of those things before. ... Read More about The beginning