A Knitter’s Weekend: Corning, New York
En route to the Corning Museum of Glass, I figured a three-hour visit would be plenty. Then I arrived. Assumption shattered! History Nestled in the mountains of rural western New...
Adventures near and far, often involving knitting but always in beautiful places.
En route to the Corning Museum of Glass, I figured a three-hour visit would be plenty. Then I arrived. Assumption shattered! History Nestled in the mountains of rural western New...
There’s no bad time of year to visit the Olympic Peninsula of Washington in the Pacific Northwest. Sure, with a rain-prone climate, it can be drizzly and foggy. You might...
Recently, I became an empty nester. Instead of getting a puppy, I decided to lean into my love of textiles and travel by co-hosting textile travel tours with Janine Bajus,...
Dear fiber friends near and far, On Monday, we returned to our respective homes after a whirlwind of a long weekend in the Hudson Valley, where we attended two amazing...
If the state motto were up to me, it’d be Rhode Island: You Do You. Officially, of course, it’s the Ocean State, a nod to 400 miles of coastline tucking...
Am I thrilled to be back on MDK traveling? “You betcha!”—as they say in Minneapolis/St Paul, the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Let’s go. Not just butter Land of Lakes is...
Bourgogne is a region in the central east part of France, most famous for its wines. But it’s also a region with a rich history, home to gorgeous archeological sites,...
Dear readers, Today we’re thrilled to welcome a new contributor to MDK, Solène Le Roux. Having lived in France’s Brittany region for ten years, she knows this beautiful land well...
Dear Kay, Really struck by the dignity and calm of the Italians who talk with us in this short video produced by The Washington Post. What an exquisite city. I’ve...
Fellow knitters, I live in and love Philadelphia, but Chicago is my sweet home. What follows is a smattering of places I visit when I go back. Chicago readers and...
Dear Kay, First things first. (Knitting, of course.) I’m now in a groove on Jeanette Sloan’s gorgeous Dionne Shawl, using Baa Ram Ewe’s Winterburn Aran—the yarn that has been burning...
Dear Ann, You know me: I’m always ready to do the hard science to test common claims about knitting. This month, for two weeks, I conducted a controlled inquiry into...