Amy Artisan

A frequently quoted song reminds us to:
Make new friends,
but keep the old.
One is silver,
And the other is gold.
The last couple of weeks have been filled with both.
The middle of this month was a golden friendship trip - 5 days in Dallas with my dear friend Maya & the ever adorable Miss Butterfly & Miss [...]

White Sock, Blue Sock…

(with a nod to Dr. Seuss & a Happy 50th Birthday to the Cat in the Hat!)
Right after I clicked “publish” on the last post I cast on for sock #2. While I didn’t end up knitting the whole evening I did get a good start on the leg. While on the [...]

 
In October (in the midst of the work craziness) I received an email from Penguin Books inviting me to receive an advance copy of a new book: The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. I responded that I was interested & when I got back to Chicago after Christmas the book was waiting for me. I [...]

I find it interesting how quickly we can slip into routines. Initially some “new thing” may seem odd and then before you know it, it is “your” routine and any change to it causes you to pause.
While work travel might seem like a big distruption to routine, in reality a new set of routines emerged [...]

After last weekends’ fun at Stitches Midwest, this weekend has turned into another one filled with yarn fun - this time it was more focused on turning yarn into stitches.
On Friday morning I was on the 6:28 AM flight from Chattanooga back to Chicago. Since I couldn’t bring coffee on board to keep me awake, [...]