Long, HOT June & Restful July
Sleeping is so damn hard because there is NO position that is comfortable. Nightly back seizures are a new trick my body is playing, and I wish I could just knock myself out at bedtime!*
Shows and Festivals
Education Situation
This evening I attended a small gallery opening where items from a class I took were displayed. It was a class in Rug Hooking, taken at my local Textile Center and taught by Rug Artist Mary Logue. The class was AMAZING fun, and I discovered things about myself, my design process, my color likes and …
Learning Curve
ModeKnit Yarn is in it’s 5th year, which kind of blows Kathleen and me away. And every day we learn new things. We started this with $2,000 and an agreement on who would do what (which was pretty fluid, but for the most part I do the dyeing, and Kathleen does all of the less-sexy-but-more-important …
Mom Loves You
I’m a mom to two amazing kids, but I also feel that I mother (albeit for a brief time) students in my classes, the young women who work for me, sometimes my husband and even my business partner (and she mothers me, too, when I need it!)
Back On The Road!
In the past 4+ years, ModeKnit Yarn has grown steadily, and the number of shows we do each year grows as well! We’re doing some brand new (to us!) shows this year, and returning to some of our favorite stomping grounds, too.
Our 2018 Spring Travel Schedule
Our 2018 Spring Travel schedule is set, and boy it’s a DOOZY! We’ve added a few new-to-us shows, we’re headed back to a show we did a few years ago, and we’re definitely back at our usual spring shows! Madison Knitter’s Guild Knit-In– March 17th & 18th Yarn Con- Chicago’s Indie Fiber Fair– …
Nasty Woman, meet Bad Hombre!
We’ve added two new colors, available for a limited time only.
They’re colors we introduced before the election at VK Live in Minneapolis, intending them to be simply a one-off thing. But, to our surprise, folks have been writing and asking if they could buy extra skeins!
A Kill Room (er, DYE room…)
If you’re in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio or Michigan, this has been your Summer to visit with ModeKnit Yarn! We hope to see many of you at Stitches Midwest and/or the Michigan Fiber Festival! Getting a chance to visit with our customers is – in all honesty – the highlight of our trips!
ModeKnit Yarn Podcast 004, Kate Atherley
Our fourth podcast is with one of my favorite designers, teachers and tech editors, Kate Atherley.
Kate is SHEER delight, such a wonderful woman to sit down with and have a nice chat and a comfortable knit.
Planning our 2016 Travel Schedule
Yesterday Annie and I both wrote about the fiber show we did on Saturday. It got me thinking about our 2016 show schedule, and what we do to bring our yarn to our customers. One of the things I do here at MKY is plan our travel schedule for the following season. This is the …
Weekending
This past weekend we were vendors at Fall Fiber Festival right here in our own backyard. What an absolutely delightful show! What a long day! The day started at 5:30 am for load-up. For local shows like this, we don’t rent a trailer. (Hopefully we will be buying our own in the next 6 months). I …
Wednesday Knitting: Brahmin Moth Shawl Edition
Annie just released a new shawl pattern designed with our beautiful ModeWerk Fingering yarn! The Brahmin Moth Shawl is inspired by the Owl Moth, a uniquely patterned moth seen in both North and South America. The moth often looks like there are owl eyes on the wings and back, with dark and light lines on …
Every Day in the Month of November
Today (November 1) marks the first day of NaBloPoMo, also known as National Blog Posting Month. I’ll be blogging every day in the month of November as I need to sharpen my rusty writing skills. (Confession-I never know what to write about when I sit down to blog, so I’m hoping to use this month …
The ModeKnit Yarn Clubs are OPEN!
It’s Wednesday, October 21st, and you know what THAT means…our ModeKnit Yarn Clubs are open! We’re so excited! We’re introducing our new ModeWerk DK Club and welcoming the return of our popular Sock Club. All the Club details can be found here! Club pricing and sign ups are here. Welcome to the Club! …
Breaking the Silence!
It’s been such a long time since we’ve posted! (Since August! I’m somewhat amazed how fast the time has flown by…). Annie and I have resolved to post more often here and over here at her personal page. I’m even thinking about blogging here every single day in November! I’m challenging myself! We’ve been …
How To Be A Cheap On-The-Road Date…
Come by and see us at the Schaumburg Renaissance Center and we’ll give you a delicious Green Tea candy and a hug!