Ann Shayne's Blog, page 3
June 5, 2013
Nice Day for White Knitting
Dear Ann, Ran out just before sundown to snap photos of my latest FOs, which are both white. I never knit white. A treat for the eyes. First up, Clapo-ktus. Which I call Clocktopus because that makes way more...
June 3, 2013
Last Day: Free Pattern. Plus: A New Obsession
Dear everyone, Today is the final day for the free download of Kay's A Light in the Window pattern. See the previous entry for all the juicy details, and also take a moment to PayPal a few bucks to...
May 27, 2013
Memorial Day
Dear Everybody, Introducing: A Light in the Window. It's a new blanket pattern by yours truly, inspired by Ann's Nashville novel, Bowling Avenue. I started it last summer, finished knitting (and unknitting, and reknitting) it by the end of...
May 25, 2013
Like a Really Great Wake
Hello again friends, In case you've been away, this weekend we are celebrating the life of Kathreen Ricketson, founder of Whip Up and friend to many, and mourning her tragic death in a swimming accident that also took the...
May 24, 2013
Kathreen's World
Dear everybody, I didn't know Kathreen in real life. We weren't regular online correspondents, either. But I felt I knew her. Her voice was strong and clear. Her writing on the Whip Up blog was smart, fair, kind and...
Celebrating Kathreen Ricketson
Dear everybody, Welcome to a weekend of remembering and celebrating the creative spirit and work of Kathreen Ricketson. For those just joining us, we are trying very hard to make some lemonade here out of the sourest lemons imaginable....
May 23, 2013
Fiber Factor Challenge 2: Color Inside the Box
Dear Kay, A quick swerve into a new knitting project. I am still Knitting My Life, and frankly relieved to be beyond the Swerve. (Weirdly upsetting!) But I'm taking a break from that project to begin another one. The...
May 21, 2013
Planning a Whip Up Celebration: Please Join Us
Dear everybody, We have been thinking about how best to celebrate the life and world of Kathreen Ricketson. Kathreen's online world, Whip Up, was a place that so many of us loved to visit. We have an idea. Of...
May 17, 2013
Knit Your Life: The Swerve
Dear Kay, The trick with a project called Knit Your Life is not to get too literal about it. Not every twist and turn means something here, though there's one highly symbolic section I am calling The Seventies. Nuff said....
May 16, 2013
Kathreen Ricketson
Dear Kay, I just this second learned horrible, tragic news about Kathreen Ricketson, whose Whip Up has been one of my absolute favorite craft blogs, for the longest time. Here's a news account of what happened. I didn't really want...
