Any dedicated knitter will tell you that planning travel knitting is at least as important as planning which clothes and accessories to pack! Everyone has their own criteria for travel projects, but the main considerations are pattern and/or stitch complexity (or lack thereof), weight of yarn (bulky yarn is bulky to pack, too!), and appropriate size (big enough to last,… Continue Reading Possibly the perfect travel knitting project
Continue reading →Whenever I have an opportunity to travel, I look for fiber destinations as well; this should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me. So when we were making plans for a business conference in Syracuse, New York, we decided to tack on a couple of days’ vacation, and the hunt was on for interesting destinations! Since this was… Continue Reading Salt City Fiber Works, Part 1
Continue reading →Shortly after the Kansas State Fair, I got to do something I’d been thinking about for a long time… I went with a bunch of spinning and weaving friends to tour Mid-States Wool Growers Cooperative. This came awfully close to sensory overload for us fiber types! Here are a couple of views of what we saw on entering the warehouse… Continue Reading Wooly field trip
Continue reading →We just got back from some fun times in Hollywood! One important part of the planning and packing was, of course, the travel knitting. The one yarn shop that it was possible for me to visit was no longer in business, so no souvenir yarn from this trip. I did have a shawl on circular needles for my airplane project,… Continue Reading Seeing Stars
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