Crazy for Ewe

Bracken is the sweater I’d actually knit—and I’m arranging a November Bramble & Fleece trunk show so you can try it on too. Take a look at the sweater and kit.

We tried on a Felted Tweed pullover at the Rowan booth in Cologne this spring, and it turned out to be more than ten years old. That's when I finally understood what makes Rowan different from every other yarn company on the floor.

I got home from a week away and didn't want to do anything except cook, read, and knit -- and for a few days, I wondered if something was wrong with me. It turns out even a yarn store owner needs an off-season sometimes. Here's what tomatoes, spinach, and Ecclesiastes taught me about it.

My son asked me to knit him a sweater. I packed four skeins for vacation and came home with four inches of ribbing. Here's what that has to do with what's on sale at the shop this week.

My cousin Colleen's husband is a watercolor painter who told me something about wet paint that got me thinking about wet wool. Turns out water plays the same trick on both of us -- you can't know what you really have until it's done its work.

A woman in my shop once told me she's never worn a single sweater she's knit. That stuck with me -- because there's a real difference between knitting to relax and knitting for the wardrobe you actually want.