http://www.city-knitting.com Create, relax. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:26:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hold on to your knitting needles - have we got something fun for you! We have been (very!) excitedly planning a weekend of learning new knitting tricks and techniques for spirited and adventurous knitters also known as Plucky knitters! Your Friendly Vendors ~ Sarah Dimond, owner of The Plucky Knitter, has been ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2011/11/29/a-very-plucky-retreat/ In the boiler room at our house you'll find my childhood dollhouse (long out of use considering we have all teenage boys), camping gear, my grandma's quilting frame, house paint, Christmas decorations, and a studio. In the center of the open floor is a small table, lights, video camera, and ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2011/03/07/project-progress/ Many of you remember the lovely hand dyed Yarn Hollow yarns, rovings and kits we used to sell at the shop City Knitting. Well, proprietress Rita has been continuing, and growing, and expanding her offerings since you saw her last. If you'd like a chance to catch up ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2010/12/03/holiday-open-house/ Dear Knitters, It's our favorite time of the year! Crisp, cool mornings really stir up the knitterly urges. Summer flew by, filled with lots of family time, some travel and lots of knitting. As you may know all too well, especially if you are a member of the ravelry.com community, the ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2010/09/15/summer-recap-fall-schedule/ Knitting Nights Schedule Knitting days and nights on Tuesdays at my house have been great fun, and well attended. Now that Spring is here, I am going to tweak the times just a bit. First off, I am canceling for the first two Tuesdays in April. We will ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2010/04/01/spring-has-sprung/ CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE Mona of Friday Harbor Meet Mona of San Juan Island off Washington's coast. She's the friendly sort that comes over to greet you at the fence. She got a hold of my wrist and gummed ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2010/02/16/from-mona-to-madrona/ Girasole Knitting together was fun last night, with the usual mix of fine folks, humor, impressive projects, impressive mistakes. I was in a mistake-knitting groove, stupid stuff with just myself to blame, when Shirley suggested I switch to something else. (Offending project- blue sock with brown heel, can be seen ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2010/01/20/back-to-that-lacy-sunflower-bit/ To all, best wishes for a very happy year. I hope your knitted gifties were well received. I bet the focus will now shift toward knitting something for yourselves. The Madrona Fiber Arts folks accepted a teaching proposal for a mini-class on grafting for the Winter Retreat in February. It's ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2010/01/04/happy-new-year/ Today was the last day at City Knitting- the last day to enjoy each other, which we did. Thanks to the many who came, young friends and old (and injured.) Thanks for all the cards, thoughtful letters and hugs. Thanks, Cathie, for the wine you brought, four "flavors" in ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2009/12/19/the-red-sofa-another-holey-squares-scarf/ A knitting related story that may not interest you. My husband stayed home from the band concert last night to diagnose and hopefully fix a problem with our landline phone at home. It has been failing intermittently for the past week, and died completely a few days ago. We suspected it ... http://www.city-knitting.com/2009/12/17/how-my-hobby-killed-our-landline/