Self-care: Hurts So Good
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Beyond Knitting
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A Visit with Thistle Hill Weavers
The first thing you notice when you walk into Thistle Hill Weavers is the noise. When all of the 1890-1950s era American-made machines are in action, the rhythmic metallic thudding...
Beyond Peter Rabbit: Beatrix Potter & Her Sheep
We all know and love Beatrix Potter’s charming animal characters: Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck, Henry Herdwick. Okay, I made the last one up. Although none of Beatrix Potter’s “Tale of”...
Atlas Insider: Natalie Was Here
Dear Ann, As everybody surely knows by now, you and I are both huge fans and devoted friends of Natalie Chanin, the visionary founder of the Florence, Alabama-based clothing company...
What to Do with 56,982 Photos?
Dear Kay, You know how your phone periodically sends you a little movie cooked up out of photos from your photo library? There’s even a soundtrack. I find these weirdly...
Why You Might Want to Learn to Spin
This irresistible baby schnecke of my handspun might be all the persuasion you need to take up spinning, but I’ll outline a few more of the benefits for you. Craft...
The More We Get Together
Dear Kay, I’ve got the big summer camp nostalgia right now, thinking about the gathering of 70 crochet bucket hat makers that happened on Friday. It was so fun! Our...
Atlas Insider: Making a Place
Dear Kay, As you know, because I talk incessantly to you about it, I’ve got a place for makers living inside my head that at some point is going to...
Knit to This: Healing Your Heart
Dear Kay, Hubbo sent along a podcast episode that I’ve listened to twice now. It has been helpful as I’ve been living with the loss of my dad last October....
The Thing About Birds
Dear Kay, Some of the things in the MDK Holiday Shop were a group effort—we would talk about an idea, and everybody contributed to making the idea come together. In...
Of Stars and Hedgehogs
It’s a good thing that Holiday Shop planning is my favorite time of year since it’s happening all year long at MDK. Don’t even try to work out the sense...
What Do You Do When You Cannot Knit?
I’ve seen countless stories on how knitting has healing powers. I’ve written about it here myself! Knitting has calmed my nerves in times of high anxiety, but what does a...