I’m happy to announce I will be teaching my spinning classes this summer in Ottawa at the wonderful Wabi-Sabi. I love the atmosphere and workshop space at this store! The full list of classes offered can be seen here, with my classes being:
May 24 – Fibre Prep Learn how to choose, clean, and [...]
Archive for April, 2009
New classes in Ottawa
Posted in spinning, teaching, yarn stores on April 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Colorado spinning
Posted in knitting, spinning, vintage, yarn stores on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I took a quick trip back to Colorado to visit family and friends. I stopped by my old LYS, where I’m pretty sure I ended up leaving Maggie Casey with the impression that all Montreal knitters are drunks. She asked me to say hello to Sally Melville and her [...]
Avoiding pain while knitting
Posted in knitting, tips on April 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Like every other knitter on the planet right now, I’m making a slouchy beret-type hat. I’m using a variation on purse stitch, an open lacey stitch that in this case is achieved by alternating rows of *yo, p2tog* with *yo, k2tog tbl*. The second row twists the stitches and makes for pretty tight [...]
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