Gobsmacked Oops!

Gobsmacked Oops!

. Looks like we’ve made a little bit of a ricket. . If you purchased our amazing, incredible, super soft Lorna’s Laces Honor yarn this weekend at the shop hop we are chuffed to bits for you.  However, some of the skeins are mislabeled.  The labels SHOULD...
Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop 2012 Yarn

Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop 2012 Yarn

Our yarn was a hit!  Thanks Lorna’s Laces for interpreting our foggy London Bridge image perfectly!  Our Nan would be proud. . Inspiration  . . Here is our yarn!  Lorna’s Laces Honor.  An amazingly soft baby alpaca and silk blend...
March 2012 Finished

March 2012 Finished

Pre Steeked . Sewing it up . I’m not a sewista . I see the track . Cuttin . Still Cuttin . Eeeek I Steeked . Whew! . Finished! . It’s done.  I’ll have a better photo taken when the sweater is done blocking. . I knit the small size.  The only...
Carly’s Turning Thirty Something

Carly’s Turning Thirty Something

Carly is turning 39 this week.  There is some debate about which day of the week her birthday is and she likes it that way.  She gets to have a whole week of celebrating! . I know for sure though, that her actual birthday is the 30th of March.  Friday.  She is turning...
March 18 2012

March 18 2012

March Colors . I was happy to see March 1st come along.  I was excited to start this project.  I didn’t finish February, but I had high hopes for March! . Got the body and arms done in a week! . I cast on and had the body done with sleeves attached in...
Boycott – Oh Boy

Boycott – Oh Boy

. I got a call from a concerned resident. . She wondered if I had a list of all the business owners on Main Street that were in support of the new St. Croix River Crossing.  I told her I didn’t have a list and asked her why she was looking for that...
Knitty meets DKA

Knitty meets DKA

Amy Singer is coming to DKA! . You may not know the name Amy Singer.  But, I’ll bet you know her work.  Amy Singer is the brainchild and publisher of Knitty.com. . Don’t think you know Knitty.com yet?  WHAT have you been knitting since the Fall of 2002? ....
Josh Bennett Workshop Recap

Josh Bennett Workshop Recap

He came, he measured, he asked them to cast on left handed:) . . A great time was had by all Sunday, when the super cute, fun and talented Josh Bennett came for an all day workshop.  Josh is only the 2nd American designer to ever be featured in a Rowan Magazine. ...
February 27th, 2012

February 27th, 2012

So, It’s not going to happen. . The February sweater isn’t going to be finished. . I know I should feel bad, but I don’t. . Last year I made it all the way to September before I left a sweater incomplete. . This month was just too much.  The...
Love Note

Love Note

. A few weeks ago, I was digging through my first grade son’s backpack and found a note. . Love Note . I asked him what it was and he said “a love note”.  He said it as though of course I should know that. . I told him it had a dollar wrapped...