http://city-knitting.com/blog The official blog of City Knitting. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:49:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don’t know what to knit? Many knitters would suggest that you move the S [or move your S] and try knitting cowls. If you do any sightseeing on the internet knitting blogs and websites, you will see a variety of people in knitterly excitement about cowls. For summer knitting, ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=54 Last week a bunch of us left Darlene and Kathy to fend for themselves at the shop while we traversed through slush and snow to the other side of the state. We loaded up a minivan and a Toyota Corolla with piles of yarn, t-shirts, totes, and other saleable ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=49 When I was little, my mom sewed clothing for my sister and me, usually a matching pair of dresses in the same fabric. Scraps from those calico dresses would be passed to my grandma, who worked them all by hand into a full size cathedral window quilt. Today ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=44 News from Lorilee, who is on a Professional Development weekend on the West Coast Well, today started with an early bowl of cheerios and ended with delicious Indian food - curry coconut shrimp. In between we had lots of fun. We were packed and ready to go early. I ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=30 Tashi Delek! That’s a traditional Tibetan greeting. My name is Kristi, and I’ll be a guest blogger for City Knitting on occasion. My family (husband and 7-month old daughter) and I live in Lhasa, Tibet, where we work for two international non-profit NGOs. In my spare time, ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=23 MayBelle Marie has been visiting us with religious regularity for the greater part of the year. But that was before we knew her name; before we'd even officially met her. Now that she's finally been born we get to hold her and help with her diapers and bottles ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=22 Responding to the pastoral inspirations of camping this weekend, Lorilee whipped out a knitted lamb from a Fiber Trends pattern. No sooner was the sheep [slightly over-] felted [not that we forgot about him the washing machine], than we took him outside to dry off a little in ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=17 Hello, City Knitters. I passed the compositional buck and just copy-and-pasted Marilyn's story for our first post last week. But it's time I introduced myself as the shop's novice blogger. Jessica's the name, writing's the game. Let me make it eminently clear right now that I ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=11 Well, City Knitting is finally joining the ranks of knit bloggers everywhere. To start off, we have a little show-and-tell from Marilyn. And like most of Marilyn's exploits, there's quite a story to go with it. Shawl we dance???? Last month I got inspired by a visit to ... http://city-knitting.com/blog/?p=6