Posted in knitting confessions on December 10th, 2003 5 Comments »
I came, I saw, I bought yarn. Vacation was very, very good to me, because the yarn store I located via the internet before departure turned out to be really great and very entertaining.
Geneva, New York, home to The Yarn Shop of Geneva, is the Finger Lakes capital of fancy scarf-making. Knitters were [...]
Posted in knitting confessions on July 29th, 2003 4 Comments »
I can’t really explain it, but after hearing a few knitlisters talk about the St. Brigid sweater (just FYI, here’s the story of St. Brigid), I went to have a look - and I was hooked. All week, even as I’m knitting away on my dinky little knit-and-purl scarf, I’ve been on a quest [...]
Posted in knitting confessions on July 2nd, 2003 2 Comments »
Or, how I discovered my local yarn store. I’m sure I’ll look back on this moment and roll my eyes, but I’m writing it down anyway. I had been under the impression that I could teach myself all the knitting basics I needed; then I encountered ribbing, working the pattern for the Bernat [...]
