Summer 2013 TNNA Recap

Oooh boy. First off, I got sick starting Sunday night/Monday day, and am a bit woozy still while typing this, so apologies re: the tardiness of this post & lack of pics. TNNA went well — it’s always great to catch up with fellow designers, yarnies, etc...

Getting Ready for Summer 2013 TNNA

It’s June, which means (at least for this year, since, as it stands right now for next year, everything’s changing)…summer TNNA!  It’s in Columbus again, so of course I’m looking forward to some ice cream from Jeni’s.   (Let...

Logos, Blogs, & Design, oh my!

For better or worse, as an indie designer, you get to learn a lot about things that seem unrelated to designing — such as html, css, web design, and so on. Over the next week or so I’ll be totally overhauling my blog. I’m updating to Thesis 2...

Winter TNNA Recap

Winter TNNA was great for me.  I didn’t have many expectations (I’m not sourcing yarn for any upcoming projects;  it’s nice to not have to ask folks for yarn!) and not a lot on my to do list. I did have a few folks I needed to meet up with, and...

Designer’s Guide to TNNA

Wow, TNNA is next week (Feb 2-4)! Time flies, all that. This will be my third winter TNNA, and my fourth TNNA over all. I often get questions from other designers who’ve not yet gone to TNNA regarding what’s okay/what’s not okay. There are several...

On Working with Charts

It’s obvious that I’m a big fan of charts.  I can work from line by line instructions, and there are often times I choose to do so, but I love how charts depict what your knitting should look like. But not everyone loves them.  In fact, a fair number of...