Tag Archives: Knitted Wit

California Craftini – The Pre-Stitches Edition

It’s finally here – Stitches West week!!! This is the event Northern California knitsters await with bated needles. Later this week, hundreds of vendors and thousands of knitters will descend on the Santa Clara Convention Center for four days of … Continue reading

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My Preciouses – What I Bought; and Gigi’s New Sweater

Mwwwhhhahahahahahahaaaa! That’s my evil cackle as I spread out the goodies I got at this weekend’s Interweave Knitting Lab’s market. Oooooh, the goodies! First up – look at the bag at the back. That’s my new knitting bag I bought … Continue reading

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Interweave Knitting Lab – Fun in Triplicate

I am hurrying to get this post out today, as early as possible, for one reason – I had so much fun at Interweave Knitting Lab‘s market yesterday that I want as many people as possible to get over there … Continue reading

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Brooke Sinnes of Sincere Sheep

I first came across Brooke Sinnes and her beautiful yarn, Sincere Sheep, at the Interweave Knitting Lab in San Mateo last November. Her booth was crammed so full of people I could hardly get in. So I really just grabbed … Continue reading

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Ballerina Shawl

I just finished another of Michelle Miller’sĀ fine triangle shawls, this one called Ballerina. Michelle, of course, is the brains and beauty behind Fickle Knitter Designs. You can read more that I have written about Michelle and her work here. Michelle … Continue reading

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Making Valentines – FOR ME

Today is Valentines Day and I am on my own. My husband is in Wisconsin visiting his mother. It is -11 degrees. Good. So I had a lot of time for knitting this last weekend and I finished a couple … Continue reading

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Introducing Michelle Miller of Fickle Knitter

In my last post, I introduced you all to Lorajean Kelly of Knitted Wit. Today, I want you to meet Michelle Miller, the brains and talent behind Fickle Knitter Designs. Both Michelle and Lorajean will be giving a talk and … Continue reading

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Knitted Wit’s Lorajean Kelly

Some of you know that one of my new projects at K2Tog is to bring in new, young fiberistas to talk to our customers about what they do and how they do it. Our goal is to have one of … Continue reading

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Interweave Knitting Lab – The Market

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of going to the Interweave Knitting Lab, which was being held in San Mateo, Calif, just across the bridge from my home in the East Bay, to visit its market. This was the first … Continue reading

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