Mid March Update

All sorts of things ongoing! The first (hopefully to be annual) LA Yarn Crawl is happening April 12-15.  Take the time to visit a ton of LYSs, get a chance to win some great prizes, & learn some new skills.  I’m a Merino Vendor Sponsor :). Unfortunately,...

Hitch!

Last week I posted my first call for submissions, for Hitch: Patterns Inspired by the Movies of Alfred Hitchcock,  on Ravelry (here, if you’re curious!) — for a collection to be published by Cooperative Press, curated by me. It’s an idea...

March 2012 Hike: Abalone Cove

Abalone Cove, March 4th, 2012 I fear this may be cheating a bit to call this a hike, but it is at a park, and did call for a bit of steep uphill on the way back out. Abalone Cove, or Shoreline Park, a State Ecological Preserve in Rancho Palos Verdes, has some of the...

Zylphia Pilots Her Airship (Redux)

Zylphia is now available again!  I’ve had so many requests for this pattern to be republished — thank you! I still need to do a photoshoot on all the old Sanguine Gryphon patterns.  Honestly, I’ve no idea when I can fit that in to my schedule....

Quick hello!

I got back from Madrona on Monday (and thank you, Jet Blue, for letting me go standby! got home 4 hrs earlier than would’ve otherwise). It was a whirlwind. I taught a class, I took a couple classes, I performed in the teacher talent show (oh, if you...

Winter TNNA

Winter TNNA was good!  Tiring, fun, all that.  I left my house early Friday morning (5am) to meet Jeane De Coster (Elemental Affects) at her home in Desert Hot Springs.  I tossed my stuff into her car, then we headed to Phoenix.  The 4 hour drive went quickly...