Katja Bie is an artist in Denmark who creates remarkable art, including wearable art such as scarves and ties as part of her business Storytelling Textiles – many of these ties and scarves are carried by Ingebretsen’s. Bie studied for five years at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Copenhagen. After… More Wearing A Story: Storytelling Textiles
Today, March 2nd, is National Read Across America Day in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss. In honor of the day we are highlighting the books of Maj Lindman of Sweden – specifically her Flicka, Ricka and Dicka and Snip, Snap, and Snurr books. Originally published in the 1920s in Sweden and then printed… More It’s National Read Across America Day
I won’t ask for a show of hands, but how many of you have looked at a knitting pattern, shrugged at the line that says, “Make a gauge swatch” and entrusted the fit of your knitting project to wild optimism? Are you part of the knitting population who closes their eyes, clicks their heels, and… More Why bother with a gauge swatch?