Tag: Events

» The flu, Franklin Habit, and dyeing yarn


Good lord, a lot has happened since I last wrote, though I guess that’s to be expected, since it’s been a couple weeks. I do apologize for not writing sooner, though I suppose I have a good enough excuse, as this last week I’ve been completely bed-ridden with the flu. Let me tell [...]

Posted on: March 07, 2009 by Liz | Tags: , , , , , , , | no comments

» On Socks: FOs, Classes, and Stash Enhancement


It’s been a long week. Work’s been busy, which is unusual for this time of year. Usually our busy periods fall before and during the big tradeshows — April/May and September. January and February are usually pretty slow and are when we can catch up on all those old projects that got [...]

Posted on: February 08, 2009 by Liz | Tags: , , , , , , | no comments

» Busy Day, Relaxing Night


If there’s one thing that can be said about living in North Carolina, it’s that the weather always keeps you on your toes. It was in the 60s yesterday, and tonight it’s snowing. No, really! The cars are dusted with the white stuff, schools are opening 2 hours late in the morning, [...]

Posted on: February 03, 2009 by Liz | Tags: , , , , , , | no comments

» God provided the fireworks show this year


How was your 4th of July weekend? Mine was rather rotten. Or at least, it was really, really wet. The plan on the 4th was to go to the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary for their fireworks celebration, just like we did last year. We had a fabulous time last year, and the [...]

Posted on: July 07, 2008 by Liz | Tags: , | no comments

» A thoroughly gratifying weekend


ETA: For some reason, this blog post got deleted. (Perhaps the server had to be set back. Who knows.) Thanks be to the Livejournal syndicated feed, which still had it up, so I was able to copy and paste it back over here. This weekend, starting on Thursday, has been phenomenal, for a myriad [...]

Posted on: June 30, 2008 by Liz | Tags: , , | 1 comment

» Rambling updates from a fiberholic


It’s funny how, the minute you say, “Thank goodness we’re entering the quiet time of the year,” the work just begins to pile up. People who’ve had those back-burner projects floating around in the recesses of their mind start popping out of the woodwork like mushrooms after a summer rain. It’s supposed to [...]

Posted on: June 23, 2008 by Liz | Tags: , , , , | 1 comment