Adopt a Designer Month
Crochet designer, Robin Chachula of Crochet by Faye brought up a lovely idea in her blog today. She is suggesting we all honor the brilliant and hard working designers we love by ‘adopting’ them this month. Read her blog post here about it. The long and short of it though is that designers work pretty [...]
On Writing Patterns
I am by no means a ‘brilliant’ or ‘experienced’ designer or pattern writer. I’m still pretty new at it but I have done it for a few years now and before I did it for myself I worked for another knit wear designer turning her beautiful and often complex creations into patterns for mass consumption. [...]
Quick Updates!
The Proposal Beret KAL is in full swing and there is even one person already finished! It looks lovely in the yarn from Desert Garden Farm and I am so happy to have hooked up with such a talented and fun dyer for this project!
Speaking of which, we’ve decided to do another KAL next [...]
Life and other Distractions
I have just been a terrible blogger lately! I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to learn the ins and outs of podcasting though and I had a few bumps in the road the last week but the good news is I’ve recorded Episode 2 of Craft Culture. Episode 2 (or ‘The Thing About Laura…’) [...]
The Unveiling!
So despite the overwhelming votes for the name ‘SocioCraft’ for a podcast, I decided to go with Craft Culture. Here’s why: while I enjoy the similarity to ‘sociopath’ and the connation it brings, it might turn some people off. Since this podcast is a look at the culture and community surrounding crafting I wanted something [...]
Quick Poll
I’ll explain better in depth later but the long and short of things is that I’m starting a podcast. I’d like you all to help me pick a name for it. Leave a comment with your favorite please!
1) SocioCraft
2) Society of Craft
3) Crafting Society
4) Craft Culture
5) Crafting Culture
I’ll explain what this podcast will be about [...]
New Look & New Stuff
As you might notice I’ve changed the entire look of the website. Over the 3 years that I’ve had this domain name the blog (and my business) has grown. As things grew I just kept adding stuff on. Pages, links, ads, shops, etc. until all of a sudden last week we hit critical mass [...]
Winners and Fundraising
Winners have been chosen and notified (or sent their patterns in some cases.) I want to thank everyone who entered the contest. It is so wonderful reading about the incredible women who inspire and support you all. It made my little heart all aflutter to read these comments about the awesome people we have in [...]
Personal Goddesses
I guess we’ll just jump right into the stuff I have to share. The first thing, which I am most excited about is that my tea blends have been doing so well in the www.buydanido.com shop that I have decided to roll them over to their own brand and shop. On Wednesday I announced [...]
Adios, 2009. Hola 2010!
So it’s nearly over. The year, the decade. A lot of people are doing decade wrap up posts but unfortunately for me I can barely remember most of this decade. I will go over some high lights though and then we’ll talk about how interesting 2009 has been for me.
In 2000 I was watching [...]