I do actually occasionally knit, instead of just going to yarn stores on my vacation.
I’m almost done with a project, actually. Here’s part one of it (above). It’s a hat, that I’m going to attach to a scarf and give to my sister.
(That photo is taken at the Met–the art museum, not the opera house–when […]

I just received a comment from Steven Lee, who owns Knitting Etc. in Ithaca, NY, which I reviewed below, and I just wanted to make some comments about yarn store reviewing.
In my day job, I work in journalism, and I don’t consider my knitting blog to be journalism at all, but instead, a place to […]

Our motel was located next to a Wegman’s, which we went to every day. Also. It was near a strip mall, with a Michael’s. MICHAEL’S!!
Adam has learned that Red Heart yarn is a metonym for “crazy ladies who make afghans that yarn snobs look down on.” Hence the photos.

But honestly, I love all craft stores. […]

Adam and I, we try to be cultured people. We went to the I.M Pei-designed art museum and appreciated the landscape:

The view, it looks like a Brueghel, no? Oh, so much culture. Everybody, pinkies out!
Okay, pinkies down. I enjoy a museum, but there’s nothing better I like during a vacation in a new place than […]

Ithaca: A Hotbed of Excitement
Stay tuned for exciting fiber-filled posts all week! As a self-appointed expert in all things fiber-related in Ithaca (having spent three whole days there), I am going to share with you three possible yarn shopping experiences that you can combine with other fun tourist activites should you choose to go to […]