Just after I finished editing and putting out my latest tutorial video I wondered where my first video was. I used to carry it around in my laptop bag and play it at shows, it’s 13 minutes of an overview of making a sweater in my studio on my knitting machine. Well, I found it…
Show time! The Just For Us Originals wearable art show happens this Friday and Saturday, it will be the first show of what I just realized will be a very busy Fall season. The Just For Us Originals is a wonderful show and I’m glad it’s found such a glamorous venue at the Mississauga Living…
1904 Signage on Modern Fuel Gallery Yesterday was September’s Artists Round Table meeting and, thanks to Denise Love of Lovetheworld photography, who volunteers at Modern Fuel Gallery in downtown Kingston, that is where we met. I haven’t been to the Modern Fuel for ages and was pleased to see the old building is getting smarter…
The Gang in the Upstairs Workroom. Well, another polymer clay Button Making workshop at the Thousand Islands Art Center in Clayton NY successfully completed. Not a huge class, I’m used to 10 – 15 but the five lovely ladies I had this year consisted of the three ladies I had last year and two newbies….
Well, if you take away the cloud you have the moonlight swim I enjoyed last evening in Kashagawigamog Lake in Haliburton. Long story but I went up to teach a workshop on Etsy at Flemming College in the stead of my friend Lindsey Fair who’s life had just piled up in a heap and I…
Well, I’m back from my UK trip which was a huge family gathering so no time to explore any yarn shops…even though my cousin had one she wanted to take me to…..next time! On my return, however I received an email from a friend saying she was coming through Kingston on her way to Rose…
Self portrait at race start. Well, what have I been doing the last few weeks?! I registered for Beat Beethoven here in Kingston last Sunday June 5th where there is an 8k run or the 4k walk/run to be completed before the Kingston Symphony complete playing Beethoven’s 3rd symphony Eroica. Once or twice I’ve stood around to…
WeWell, the weekend in North Bay is over and I had a great time….and my friend Sonja was such a boon with helping out and just knowing what was needed (…like a coffee!). I didn’t take any photos myself but I’ll get some from the ladies who took the Button Making Workshop on Saturday and…
You MUST, MUST visit this wonderful store in North Bay! It’s like a few yarn store I’ve visited in my travels, the one I hit in Washington DC, Rose Haven Farms in Picton and a few more…. the choice of yarns is fabulous: cashmeres, possum, bamboo, cotton/tencel the list of fibres goes on. However the…
Flora & Me Well, look who dropped by my booth at the Ottawa Originals Craft Show last weekend on the first day! A tall woman in track shoes, workout pants and jacket and a back pack…at 79 she is a fine example of how we can be if we take care of ourselves and pursue…