Author: Annie

It’s hard for me to say enough about how welcomed both the Buffalo Guild and Wild Wools made me feel while in Western New York. While in Buffalo I stayed with Jill, a pilates instructor who – along with several other artisans – recently opened up a collective shop. I didn’t get a chance to…

Today I taught two classes (Embellishments/Buttonholes & Combo Knitting) in a loft in Rochester. What a cool space! The light was amazing – even though the day was overcast for part of the day (and sunny the other part – welcome to the Great Lakes!) everyone was able to see what they were doing beautifully….

I am very happy. After teaching two classes today – both to amazing groups for the Buffalo Knitting Guild – I drove up to Rochester. The lace class was fun, the millinery class was a – challenge – for everyone, but it was also very rewarding. Sometimes the hard things are hard because you just…

I am in love with the Buffalo Knitting Guild! I had the nicest day today – I taught two classes (Combo Knitting and Cocoon Jacket) and had VERY full houses for both of them – busy day! I’m still fighting with this cold thing that has occupied my sinuses and lungs for over a week…

I’m in Buffalo and it’s just a lovely town! I hit a rainstorm as I neared the city, and as it was rush hour that really slowed down the traffic so I didn’t get in as early as I would have liked, but I was at the Guild meeting in plenty of time and there…

Ooooh, I’m just so angry. Grrrrrr. My trip to the South was 98% wonderful – even places where there seemed to be a disconnect between myself and the shop owner (only one of those, really…) proved fruitful in that there were such wonderful students I met along the way. Except for one shop [ominous fanfare]…

Recently in the Silk Corset Knitalong group the topic came up of the mystery i-cord [cue spooky music] Mwa ha ha ha, from the bowels of the yarn stash comes a twisted, stunted, grotesque lump of yarn. Peeling away the lint clinging to this sorry entity, one realizes that’s it’s Annie’s first attempt at I-Cord!…

I put the frappr map up for a laugh (and some might say it’s a pitiful number of dots compared to other maps) but I think it’s amazing and I get a little frisson of excitement every time a new person signs up. Now I’m up to 199 – very cool… Who will be 200???…

Being home is so wonderful – my kids are amazing, my husband is the kindest man I’ve ever known, and Atticus can’t get over the fact that, “You’re HERE! You’re really HERE! I think my limit from this point on will be 1 week away – after I finish up the gigs I’ve already scheduled….

My body is a sensitive entity, it’s perfectly in sync with my mind, and as soon as I’ve finished a long project (or teaching trip) my mind gives my body permission to fall apart a little. That happened yesterday – just in time for the Girl Scouts. The tip off that something was amiss should…