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Maryland Sheep & Wool 2019 Show Preview

Maryland Sheep & Wool 2019 Show Preview

Here’s what we're planning to bring to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival for 2019! We will be in our usual spot at the back of the Main Exhibition Hall, Booth...

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Maryland Sheep & Wool 2019 Show Preview

Here’s what we're planning to bring to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival for 2019! We will be in our usual spot at the back of the Main Exhibition Hall, Booth...

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Fall Show Preview 2017

Fall Show Preview 2017

October is here and so are our big fall shows. We are so excited to be at Rhinebeck this weekend and SAFF the following weekend!  Quick details: Rhinebeck: October 21-22, Dutchess...

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Fall Show Preview 2017

October is here and so are our big fall shows. We are so excited to be at Rhinebeck this weekend and SAFF the following weekend!  Quick details: Rhinebeck: October 21-22, Dutchess...

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SSK 2017 Preview

SSK 2017 Preview

Is everybody ready to SSK? We're ready to hit the road for Nashville! We'll be at SSK, the Super Summer Knitogether, this coming Saturday, July 22. We hope to see...

SSK 2017 Preview

Is everybody ready to SSK? We're ready to hit the road for Nashville! We'll be at SSK, the Super Summer Knitogether, this coming Saturday, July 22. We hope to see...

Rambling about the Studio and Being Back Home

So we've been back in the studio for most of the past month busily dyeing for orders from shows, for the Bliss Trunk Show that was 10 days ago in...

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Rambling about the Studio and Being Back Home

So we've been back in the studio for most of the past month busily dyeing for orders from shows, for the Bliss Trunk Show that was 10 days ago in...

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On The Road and At the Studio

Babs here...Jen and I are on the road between Stitches Midwest and Michigan Fiber Festival.  At home, it has been raining cats and dogs and frogs.  Roads, and driveways, and...

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On The Road and At the Studio

Babs here...Jen and I are on the road between Stitches Midwest and Michigan Fiber Festival.  At home, it has been raining cats and dogs and frogs.  Roads, and driveways, and...

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Acer Cardigan in Progress

Stitches Midwest is coming up fast and I'm working on my Acer Cardigan as a new sample for our booth! I'm knitting it in Yowza in Oyster, which is a...

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Acer Cardigan in Progress

Stitches Midwest is coming up fast and I'm working on my Acer Cardigan as a new sample for our booth! I'm knitting it in Yowza in Oyster, which is a...

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Thursday - Where did the week go?

It's Thursday already!  The week is almost gone and there is still lots to do!  I have some random things that need to be shared: We will select a winner...

Thursday - Where did the week go?

It's Thursday already!  The week is almost gone and there is still lots to do!  I have some random things that need to be shared: We will select a winner...

New Patterns in Our Yarns!

There have been several new patterns in our yarns released recently! The newest of these are in the May- July 2012 issue of Cast On, the magazine published by TKGA....

New Patterns in Our Yarns!

There have been several new patterns in our yarns released recently! The newest of these are in the May- July 2012 issue of Cast On, the magazine published by TKGA....

While the Cats are Away...

Now that Babs and the Jens are gone, the dust is settling and we are taking stock of what is left here at the studio. Although Jen was INCREDIBLY greedy...

While the Cats are Away...

Now that Babs and the Jens are gone, the dust is settling and we are taking stock of what is left here at the studio. Although Jen was INCREDIBLY greedy...

Getting Ready for a Show....

All those last minute things that have to be done.  My DH suggested a few years ago that I make a standard list of things to remember in getting ready...

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Getting Ready for a Show....

All those last minute things that have to be done.  My DH suggested a few years ago that I make a standard list of things to remember in getting ready...

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Next Year's Shows and Plans

The shows this year were good for me and I am planning to do a busy show schedule for next year. I will be doing 3 of the Stitches events...

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Next Year's Shows and Plans

The shows this year were good for me and I am planning to do a busy show schedule for next year. I will be doing 3 of the Stitches events...

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Getting Ready for Winter, Stitches East, and Ra...

11-14-08 Today is a warm day, so it is hard to think of snow coming sometime soon, or that Thanksgiving is 2 weeks away, or that Stitches West is 3...

Getting Ready for Winter, Stitches East, and Ra...

11-14-08 Today is a warm day, so it is hard to think of snow coming sometime soon, or that Thanksgiving is 2 weeks away, or that Stitches West is 3...

Packed and Almost Ready to Go!!! Chicago or Bust!!

We finished packing the yarn, the fiber, all of the booth "stuff". Now we gotta pack ourselves. We're taking two days to travel north and west...it's only 700 miles, but...

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Packed and Almost Ready to Go!!! Chicago or Bust!!

We finished packing the yarn, the fiber, all of the booth "stuff". Now we gotta pack ourselves. We're taking two days to travel north and west...it's only 700 miles, but...

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Show Preparations...Getting Ready to Go....

We have been busy dyeing and reskeining and labeling and just generally in the last throes of heading to a show. Here's some of the yarn we will be bringing...

Show Preparations...Getting Ready to Go....

We have been busy dyeing and reskeining and labeling and just generally in the last throes of heading to a show. Here's some of the yarn we will be bringing...