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Marcia Farrell
Jun 19, 20212 min read
Color, Color theory, and choosing coordinating colors
One of the more difficult decisions I've seen customers have to make is when they are selecting two or more colors for a project and...
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Marcia Farrell
Jun 8, 20213 min read
Worldwide Knit (or Crochet/Weave/Spin) in Public Day! And an HW contest!
In 2005, Danielle Landes started the first-ever Worldwide Knit in Public Day. She wanted to find a way to allow knitters to come together...
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Marcia Farrell
Jun 4, 20213 min read
The Joys of Colorwork
Like many others, I was initially terrified to do colorwork when I first started knitting and crocheting. Trying not to twist and tangle...
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Marcia Farrell
May 27, 20212 min read
Blocking
In next week's newsletter, I discuss the importance of blocking your finished projects because doing so allows for the yarn to bloom,...
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Marcia Farrell
May 20, 20212 min read
Portable Projects
With our recent summery weather (although, it is Erie, and it is still May, which means we are still at risk for frost and colder temps),...
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Marcia Farrell
May 15, 20212 min read
Learning to Read your Stitching
One of the more common things I hear from people who lack confidence in their knitting and crocheting is that they don't know how to spot...
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Marcia Farrell
May 7, 20211 min read
New Hours
If you have been following the store's social media and/or receive the newsletter, you know that this week began new hours of...
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Marcia Farrell
Apr 30, 20212 min read
Recommended Needle Sizes
Most yarn bands will include a line about the recommended needle and sometimes recommended hook size for the yarn. These recommendations...
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Habetrot's Wheel
Apr 22, 20213 min read
Yarn Chicken
One of the Tea and Stitch-pathy's podcasts discusses playing yarn chicken--when we have that moment where we aren't sure whether or not...
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Marcia Farrell
Apr 22, 20212 min read
Yarn and Tea
I'm composing this blog post on Local Yarn Store Day 2021 just a few minutes before the shop opens for the day. As this is our second LYS...
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Marcia Farrell
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Local Yarn Store Day 2021
Local Yarn Store Day, originally instituted in 2018 by The National Needlearts Association (TNNA), has a fluid meaning this year. Last...
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Marcia Farrell
Apr 2, 20212 min read
KALs, CALs, SpALs, and WALs in the Era of Covid
Prior to 2020, while some Knit/Crochet/Spin/Weave-alongs were conducted virtually, through Ravelry or other social media venues, but the...
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Marcia Farrell
Mar 27, 20213 min read
The Life of Yarn
Most people only know yarn when they select it at the store and then bring it home and either need to wind a hank or search for the...
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Marcia Farrell
Mar 18, 20211 min read
Fair Weather Crafting
Ever feel as though your stitching and yarn choices are related, even slightly, to the weather? I do. Sometimes my project and color...
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Marcia Farrell
Feb 21, 20213 min read
March is National Crochet Month
I didn't know that there was such a thing, to be honest. I was researching fiber-based holidays when I discovered that March was National...
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Marcia Farrell
Feb 4, 20214 min read
A Fiber Library
In Sister’s Choice (1991), an albeit dated critical text, Elaine Showalter notes, “While the library was the austere space of the...
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Marcia Farrell
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Why Must She Suffer to Stitch
If you would like some food for thought, I've attached the conference paper I presented in 2013 on stitching and suffering in literature....
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Marcia Farrell
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Yarn Love
I resisted writing a blog for the shop for a long time. I'm highly protective of my privacy, and with the shop's social media engagement,...
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