Amy Artisan

Stitches Midwest was this past weekend here in Chicagoland. My last two years at Stitches have been “full on fiber” excursions for me – this year was different. Within the last month I received an email from the Debbie Macomber site that included a coupon for free admission to Stitches on Sunday when Debbie would be [...]

…Across the finish line… On Thursday evening I finished my Olympic shawl as the men’s beach volleyball gold medal match began – it took 45 minutes to work my way across the final row. On Friday evening, I gave the shawl a good soak and then used my blocking wires to transform a lumpy mound [...]

…no, unfortunately not a return to the isle where I snapped the picture in my blog header… Well in advance of the buzz on Ravelry about the Ravelympics, I had started to ponder what my Olympic Knitting Project would be as I watched the games in Beijing. For the Winter games in 2006, I joined [...]

My plan for Friday evening was simple – watch the Olympic Opening Ceremony and cast on for a new knitting project. Earlier this summer I started thinking about what my Olympic knitting project would be. As I mentioned during the Winter Knit Olympics, crafting has always been a part of Artisan Family Olympic Watching. For [...]

  …Sisters, There were never such devoted sisters all kinds of weather we stick together the same in the rain or sun two different faces but in tight places we think and we act as one  Happy Birthday to my one & only sister, REBECCA! Wishing you all the best today & throughout the coming [...]