After paging through a book at a library, while waiting on my grandchildren to meet me for other business, I looked up where to buy Rowan yarns in my area. As I searched the Rowan site for these shops, I realized that some of my fellow fiber artists have a great sense of humor along…
If ALL of us do a little, (supporting our local fabric and yarn shops) is not a hard task. It just takes each of us remembering to think of our local fabric and yarn shops, and give them some of our time, attention and (of course), money!
Over the last couple of days I have been pondering things related to the sustainability of crafting as we know it today. This came about as I was processing the loss of 3 more yarn shops in my local area, and my realization of the depth at which Private Equity (PE) has infiltrated the crocheting,…
Last week I was waiting to board a flight to Walt Disney World (WDW) in Orlando, Florida, and decided to pull out a book instead of my yarn. It was mostly due to the proximity of the yarn in relation to the book, and my lack of sleep the night before. This particular book caught…