Nimblefingers

I think I am finally fully recovered from my swing dance weekend in Houston. That’s not to say that I didn’t have a blast and learn a lot (I also got to rock my new skirts). It was just so, so much dancing. I barely even had energy to knit by the time I got […]

Snips of Thread Revisited: The Yarn Pantry

Emma isn’t the only one who traveled to far-flung yarn shops in February. Her mom, Cyndi, also managed a stop at an old favorite with new digs. She agreed to share her thoughts on the updated store: A recent visit to my niece’s house to catch up with my sister took us to Humeston, Iowa—a […]

Fiber Finds in Mount Vernon, IA

My mom grew up in Muscatine, Iowa, and a lot of her family still lives in that area now. So like clockwork, twice a year, we head up there to catch up with her family, including my quilting aunts. I also have a cousin on my Dad’s side who lives up in Cedar Rapids, she […]

Happy Pride Month

I want to wish everyone in the LGBTQ community a very happy Pride Month. I hope you’re celebrating yourself in your best way. Of course, there’s been a discussion that the LGBTQ community needs to be celebrated and supported all the months of the year, not just in June, and I couldn’t agree more. I […]

LYS Day Recap

Did everyone make it to their local yarn shop to celebrate LYS Day? You know I did! I was helping out Marci of Th’red Head Designs at her trunk show at The Studio! She had a fun, exclusive colorway for the event called “I ❤ My LYS,” and it was made from Lapis, Yellow, and […]

Local Yarn Store Day – April 27

Usually, my Tuesday posts are dedicated to whatever fibery adventure I had the previous weekend, but last weekend the only fiber thing I did was knit in line at the Walt Disney World resort. So instead, let’s talk about Local Yarn Store Day which is coming up this Saturday! Local yarn stores are interesting businesses. […]

Adventures at the Ren Fest: 5th Weekend (and Spinzilla Update)

Last weekend, I only spent one day out at the festival because KU had Homecoming on Saturday, so I got to go play in the band. I didn’t bring a spindle to the game this year ’cause Spinzilla started on Monday! It seems a lot of the crazy patrons came out to play 4th weekend, […]

Mass Ave Knit Shop

I love weddings, particularly when the people getting married are awesome. This last weekend, my family crammed into my dad’s minivan to make the trek to Cincinnati, OH where my godbrother married his high school sweetheart. It was all-around perfect, but the festivities didn’t leave me any time for my usual LYS explorations, so Mom […]

You Learn Something New…

Last Thursday, my mom and I started a class (taught by my awesome friend Lynn here) at the Studio: the Jolly Roger shawl, which has been a bucket list item of my mom’s for a while now. “But Emma,” I hear “you also teach at the Studio, surely you didn’t need to take this class […]

Another Way to Put Off Housework

My LYS The Studio Knitting and Needlepoint is doing something really fun this summer: free one hour demos of different yarn techniques and, if you like them, projects to master them. This past Saturday was one of my turns to demonstrate, and I showed passersby how to make a broomstick lace headband: Isn’t it pretty? […]