Sticks and Strings

I'm again leaving, this time for a quick trip home to Oregon. It's been a wonderful trip, and my host and hostess Sharon and Howie are fab, but I'm a little ready to chill in a time zone I'm more familiar with. This Sunday will be great as we "fall back an hour" Which will mean extra time at SOAR with Bonnie Rose and Sarah Anderson.
I'm going to post all these great photo's and then fill in the high points tomorrow while I wait for my plane(s) so if you see this don't worry I'll write I really will, but for now I'm going to bed as it is very late, and I have an early call tomorrow. I'm leaving the Trunk Show for another few days at Sticks and Strings as everyone aggreed that one day wasn't enough fun with Tanglewood yarns.
So if your near Scarsdale NY and want good yarn it's here until Sunday and then it moves on to Loop and Leaf in Santa Barbara CA for the first weekend in Nov.'s Trunk Show..... but for now here are some really good pictures of yarn, take a look at the Vogue Cowl some ways down, I'm almost finished!!! I've decided to use hand dyed ribbon instead of I-Cord for the cowl, beaded yarn rocks but not to make an I-Cord talk to you soon! Trish

This is a shawl a lovely lady is knitting out of our beaded "Stone" (Cashmere/Silk) we "bumped" (Bump is an app you can get for your IPhone) this picture of her work in progress, she got a $10 cert. for these pictures


Howie and Sharon hosted me and this is the bathroom I got to use. This is where the water comes out for jetted tub. I love this

Here is Knitting Barbie and knitting Skipper following the Barbie theme that started at Jan's house

The view from my window at Sharons and Howie's house.

A view of New York from the shores on the Hudson, you can't see NY as it was a drizzly day, a perfect Oregon day!


Sharon and I on the Hudson

At Sticks and Strings we put the colors together no matter what the fiber so here are some pictures of our Tanglewood Fiber Creation yarn
Natural colors and all beaded

Here is my Cowl in Fire and Ice almost completed

A row of yummy yarn

Multnomah Falls



Calypso Cove


Erica's Sunstone along with some Northwest Winter



This yarn is Columbia Gorgeous, the Vogue picture has had touched up with a really yellow picture making it more like Northwest Autumn, but here is the "real" color....

This yarn is dyed Yak and Merino and the socks that Cynthia N. knit using the Rivendale pattern from Janell Laidman's Eclectic Socks

Natural colored Cashmere, Yak and Silk and Cashmere/Silk

Lavender Moon

Top is Katie's Painted Hills, The next few is Newport Rocks, the bottom is filler


This is an electrical ball winder, with a squirrel cage swift, if I needed a ball winder I would have this one!

On the Road

I'm in Boston MA! I haven't been here since 1977 just before I met Mike. My Aunty Dorothy lives here, she isn't a blood relative, but she is the closest thing to it.
What can I say about Stitches East was a wonderful dream. I worked with lively people both in the booth and the people that came from all over the USA that came to the booth to meet and buy yarn from us.
Lynn was my roommate and I now have a new BFF, I think she feels the same way. Cynthia (owner of Knitting Central) is like a busy Hummingbird taking care of three customers at the same time while texting the store to check if they had certian items. Lisa Knows knitting and writes patterns, helped customers and me while writting up orders.
Lynn and Lisa talking about knitting warming up by the fire

Lynn also a talented designer had two and three people at a time explaining techniques, choosing yarns, and organizing me. Cloe came and helpped us, and Serina (Moving Mud) was dauntlessly writing up orders.



There was excitement, the fire alarm went off Saturday night at 11:30 at Hotel. We all clambered downstairs in our PJ's and when we got over the shock of the thought of a fire in the hotel it became a sort of meet and greet party. We were on the 12th floor and so it was a long way down but not as long for the ladies from the 17th floor! It was a little scarry but everyone was so up that it began to seem like a party game.
Cynthia not standing still long enough to take this picture, notice her bag matches her PJ's

Lynn in her Lavender Sheep PJ's

Several ladies worried about the stash in their rooms, praying it would be all right, many of us brought our knitting ( me included) smart as we didn't get back up to the room for another hour and a half. Of course all th knitting I had done came out the next day, as I had somehow gone wrong and now I am picking up (hopefully all) stitches from having to rip out 10 rows.

I then decided to take the Taxi Driver; Ahmed up on his offer to drive me to Boston. What a great idea, I was tired from the night before and the weekend's fun. It is always easier to break down then it is setting up and when I left Rick and Cynthia they looked tired but almost done.
It is about a two hour ride from Hartford Ct. to Boston MA. What a treat to sit and watch the world go by seeing long ago familiar signs tugging at cherished childhood memories.
I wished that I could have a week here but it is only one short day. Tomorrow I fly to New York to the trunk show at Sticks and Strings, but today I'm going to sleep in and then enjoy the sights and eats of Boston MA. My birthplace.
I learned so much about knitting, gauge, pattern writting that my head seems like it was turning into a ball of yarn.

Playing with Balls

Here are the suitcases ready to go at 3:00 am flying to Stitches East in Hartford CT. ! Very happy to say I got to bed early having everything packed by that afternoon!


Cynthia from Knitting Central has put together the "Dream team" of Luxury yarns, Bee Sweet, Art Yarns and well Tanglewood Fiber Creations. Along with the yarn she has knitting needles and buttons from Moving Mud and Lantern Moon, along with project bags of all kinds. A lot of knitters were caught this evening in Cynthia's "web" of totally wonderful everything.

A close up of my Vogue Cowl- knit quite a bit on the plane yesterday


Lynn Wilson, an awesome designer and great teacher of all things knitting is my room mate. She brought the most lovely jam's, she's in bed now as she is an early to bed and early to rise kinda gal and I'm on PST time.... not good in the mornings for sure.



Cynthia's file box with all the free patterns in order she is very proud to have these organized, I'm thankful


Tanglewood Fiber Creations!!


Tanglewood ready to go!


Lynn Wilson (designer and teacher) arranging things


If you've never set up a booth, you don't understand this picture, but this is what it looks like when they called 15 minutes before they let the people in... panic


I got to play with other people's yarns and arranged these shelves,

Art Yarns


Be Sweet


Moving Mud wall


Look!!! My Cowl out of Fire and Ice Cashmere/Silk and the sister skeins of this project along with the Vogue Magazine here at Stitches East


This is Mary Ann holding her (our) favorite skein of beaded Newport Rocks in Cashmere/Silk we both love purple and this was the most purpley skein...


After a long day of setting up the booth we went to Max's -wonderful!! Everthing locally raised and fresh
Butternut Squash Soup-perfect Autumn meal

Lynn's Martini, I had water I'm still on Antibiotics :( (remember she has me for a roommate!)

This was our desert, Pumpkin (something) Torte UMMMM


Had a ball today, as Cynthia and Lynn had most of the booth set up yesterday. I have so much yarn here!! So many people came by to say Hello! It's been so much fun. I'll be tired tomorrow but tonght!!! Great fun! Off to bed now, if you are here at Hartford come say HELLO!

One More Skein

Racing againist the clock I plied up until the final hour, now it is all about packing and preparing to head east. I've packed clothes enough for 10 days on the road. Here are some last minute pictures.....
Yak and Silk beaded "Butter" labeled and ready

here are 4 skeins of Hot Sugar beaded Cashmere/Silk drying.......hopefully they'll be ready to go by the time I have to leave

This suitcase mostly packed

The box going to Sticks and Strings

I got more potions today, one for coughing, now it's off to bed....