Author: Annie

As some of you know, my degree (I have a masters, touch me!) is in Costume and Set Design. This meant spending a LOT of time researching chitons, bliods and drum farthingales (oh my!) When I look at paintings, I see the things others miss – the hats, the way a garment falls, the wrinkles…

I love going to TNNA because it’s one of the few chances I can meet with sister designers, teachers and yarn company folks in a working environment. It’s true that I usually need more than a few days to collect myself and rest up from the walking, but this time around I was sensible about…

I made this little photoshop montage a few months ago. It features photographic elements, the image of Ruby Bridges from the Norman Rockwell painting, “The Problem We All Live With” and with Malia Obama’s beautiful face. I held onto it as a bit of a talisman, and now it will be happening. Perhaps not exactly…

This morning I woke up feeling warm. I do miss MN, and even though it was -21 (before wind chill) I love it, but it’s nice to be warm, too! Gerry and the kids haven’t had phone or internet service since the morning I left, as of this afternoon still nothing. Thank you, Comcast… I’m…

My class yesterday for a private group of friends was fun, it was a delightful group of amazingly skilled knitters, and I’m so grateful to St. Luke’s Episcopalian for hosting us – thank you for your gracious hospitality! I hadn’t taught since November, and as usual when I have a 2 month break I felt…

This past June a designer I know, Rae Creedle, lost her home to fire. Worse than that, she lost the all the parts of her knitting business that were ON the now-melted computer. It was a devastating loss, but Rae was kind enough to use it as an opportunity to teach all of us about…

I wasn’t really asleep, not entirely, not yet. I’d been watching Forensic Files – Gerry asked if he could turn out his light (I was playing Scrabble, multi-tasking) and I said, “Yes, of course.” He’s usually the one who outlasts me, I’m generally the one tossing and turning until he decides he’s finished with his…

Shannon Okey, who’s the new editor of Yarn Forward, asked me if I’d take some photos of my “studio” space for a piece on designer’s spaces. After I finished laughing, I decided it was time to actually get my office space in working order before I committed to taking any photos. Yes, I know a…

Max’s First Snowboard AttempsOriginally uploaded by modeknit We love Craig’s List, and the kicky snow board that we got for Max for $20! The playground at SPA has hills the perfect size for learning to navigate on a board. Burn, baby, burn!