we STILL heart new york

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we had a lovely weekend at the yarn co in manhattan, where we were treated to great company and surrounded by walls of luxury yarns. we even got to attend a small party in the home of owners tavy, assaf, and romi ronen megan, kat, elizabeth, and i had a yummy dinner on saturday night […]

we heart new york

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it’s a tall order to decide what is the most fun thing to do in new york city, but one strategy i return to time and again when setting out for adventure is to allow my feet to lead the way. there’s no better way to see my favorite city than to do it on […]

get your woolly on

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one of my favorite people in our industry is woolly wormhead, who i have the pleasure of seeing a few times each year at TNNA and knit nation. one of the things i like best about woolly is that she focuses her design work on hats—and only hats; she describes herself as a hat architect. […]

and now for round II

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i left off in the middle of saturday, as i was heading out into the fair to see all the excitement. first stop—our annual knitspot meetup, an hour that all of us in the knitspot ravelry group and our clubhouse look forward to each year. it’s just a casual get-together, where we get to meet in person, chat, […]