http://shannon.stitchcleveland.com Stitch Cleveland's resident fiber artist tells you all about it Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:38:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh, Cleveland. Only in my hometown could the forces of good (yarn) be turned so horribly awry. You know, like Emperor Palpatine or something: A Stark County husband is facing a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. He is accused of trying to shove a ball of yarn into his wife’s mouth. The wife ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=767 Yay! Good press in the region’s largest newspaper! Check it out. I organize the Cleveland branch of Bazaar Bizarre, the fantastic indie craft show you know and love. We’re getting lots of attention this year…probably because we’ve practically tripled the number of vendors. Very exciting. If you’re within a reasonable ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=766 …for this bag. Please, someone grant me extra hours in the day so that I might have one immediately. (And then I’ll shibori-felt an octopus sushi one to go with…) Thanks to Brenna for the heads up on this one! Share This http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=765 So. Don’t hate me, NaKniSweMo’ers, but this social recluse thing has paid off. All knitted save the button band and collar! I was feeling impatient, so I put the collar stitches and bottom edge stitches on cotton waste yarn and threw the whole shebang in the washer with some Soak. Oh ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=764 Abby explains it all, here in the new issue of Twist Collective. And trust me, she knows. By the way, if I do not find time to knit this pattern, I will CRY. How fabulous is that? Too fabulous even for me, I think. Share This http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=763 (Digital preview page here) The always-thoughtful people at CRAFT have sent over a PDF page with their review of Alt Fiber. Here you go: And speaking of, CRAFT zine editor Natalie is due any day now, so early congrats to her! (Now I’ve just doomed her to a long labor, you watch. ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=762 One of my boyfriend’s high school friends who we recently got back in touch with had a baby a month or two ago. He sent over a photo of new baby ogling a giant pint of Guinness in the way only someone that Irish can. So I was telling him ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=761 Ok, so four-plus years ago, I quoted from the Finnish national epic (the Kalevala) on weaving. See this post. It seems so… cheerful, especially given how morose and suicidal the Finns are. (Or so say the statistics). But here’s an even better, super-grisly weaving-and-spinning-related tale from Orkney… Read The Battle ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=760 One of the best things about taking on the Yarn Forward editorship is meeting lots and lots (and lots!) of designers I didn’t know before. Liz Lovick, who lives on Orkney, does the most fantastic colorwork. And you, lucky reader, can buy a copy of her PDF book A Fair ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=759 This photo, found in the Library of Congress’ Flickr photostream, is just. so. awesome. It shows, according to the caption information: “Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies” and is dated June 1942. Love her dress, love her hair, love her lipstick. Although I was a ... http://www.knitgrrl.com/?p=758