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Apr 9
2 min

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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KALs, CALs, SpALs, and WALs in the Era of Covid

Marcia Farrell

Apr 2
2 min

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
3 min

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
1 min

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
3 min

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
4 min

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
1 min

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
2 min

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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