![]() I’ll be forever thankful to the small yarn shop owner who in my first year of knitting introduced me to the wonders of various fibers and to Clara parks books that taught me how to use fiber wisely and to think beyond price to think intuitively about how fiber, yarn construction, and yarn processing can effect the final garment. So I went back to crocheting and bought dollar skeins of super savor acrylic. In the pursuit of early college, I’d put these skills away but years later at age 24, I was still in college but in my Junior year and bored out of my mind. By the end of the series of four trips we took out there, I had inherited a collection of hooks and needles which I still have to this day. ![]() Bound in on the top of the mountain by a surprise early snowstorm I listened to my great grandfather tell the stories of his ancestors mountain while my grandmother patiently leaned over me and corrected a mistake here or there. I first learned to crochet as a 16 year old girl while visiting my great grandmother in Arkansas. Seriously, we can’t ship the prizes internationally, as much as we’d like to. Maybe you live in Iceland and have a friend in Seattle? Plan a trip to the States to haul home your prize. Two names will be drawn randomly from all complete entries, one to win Kay’s Stash and one to win Ann’s Stash. (It is a favorite habit for knitters in the know.) If you have already signed up for Snippets, a) thank you! and b) do leave a comment below, because your entry is not complete without your leaving a comment, and also: it’s fun to hear knitting origin stories.Įntries accepted from now until Monday, September 25, 2017, 11:59 pm Pacific time.
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