I met Yuki on my first day of work on Wall Street back in 1979. By just looking at her, you knew she was unusual. Born of a Japanese mother and African American father and raised in the Quaker tradition, Yuki was, on the one hand, steeped in diverse heritages and, on the other, embarking […]
con·flu·ence noun \ˈkän-ˌflü-ən(t)s, kən-ˈ\ 1: a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point 2: the flowing together of two or more streams The event… The TNNA meeting in June is the largest needle arts trade show of the year. It is an opportunity for local yarn stores, designers and other participants in […]
I cannot tell you how excited I am to learn that Lynne Barr is launching a new book. There are very few books that I have bought over the years that I go back to again and again. You know that I use Barbara G. Walker’s Treasuries all the time. I also find myself perusing […]
It seems like it has been a long time since I knit with just plain wool. So many of the fibers that we use today are chemically coated to make them super wash. While this is great for the longevity of hand knit garments — I can’t tell you how many baby and kid sized […]
When the winds kicked up and the lights went out last October during Hurricane Sandy, I was snug in my third-floor studio working on a new knitting project. It wasn’t what I was supposed to be doing, since I had a HUGE “secret project” and a scant number of weeks to complete it. But I […]
There is nothing more meaningful than receiving a hand made gift, especially when it’s a gift for a new child. Having found myself with more than a handful of friends/ teachers/ co-workers/ past nannies having babies, I took the opportunity to create a collection of baby sweaters, textured baby suite. From my perspective, knitting a […]
The last few weeks I have been designing a new collection for winter 2014 for a fabulous yarn company (I can’t share everything, sorry!). It was quite an experience. We discussed a theme, a big box of yarn arrived at my studio, I took a week to design and swatch a dozen or so pieces, […]
During last fall’s Fashion Week in New York, I woke up every morning to photos from the previous day’s shows. Sweaters were all over the runways, from lightweight, romantic knits paired with satiny, flowing skirts to sturdy, boxy cardigans topping tailored pants. The ones I loved best were full of structure and shine, and from […]
Knitting in Maine this summer, I had the wonderful pleasure of two days with Barbara Walker’s Treasury of Knitting Patterns (I admit I have not one, but two of the original copies published by Scribners in 1968!) knitting a long, crazy scarf of different knitting patterns. Out of these nirvana days, came five textured sweater […]