Holiday Craft Bazaar

Come see me tomorrow, December 15th and next Saturday, the 22nd, from 12-4p.m on the campus of UNC-Asheville.  I will have a booth at the Holiday Bazaar with artist Daniele O'Dell.  See her beautiful work at likemybag.blogspot.com.  Daniele makes hand sewn caps, pillows, and bags.  I will have hats galore, and hand spun yarn.

An EmolynKnits hat in Paris!

Hot off the press: One of my hats made it's way to Paris, France.  Great view don't you think?

Making Hats Makes Me Happy!

I have been in a hat making frenzy.  It's getting warmer here in the mountains. Daffodil season has already passed and the days are getting longer.  Yet, here I am knitting away! It'll get cold again...

These hats will be available soon on Etsy from my shop "Emolyn Knits."  Check it out at www.etsy.com/people/EmolynKnits

Demonstrating at Bear on the Square

Life has been busy here in North Carolina.  Last weekend I demonstrated alongside other artists from the John C. Campbell Folk School at the Bear on the Square Festival in Dahlonega Georgia.

We had a great time showing pottery, marbled paper, chair caning, basket making, blacksmithing, weaving, and spinning.

Check out this article from Lake Lanier written by Robert Sutherland:

http://lakelanier.com/content/2012/04/sights-from-the-2012-bear-on-the-square-festival/

(Photo: Robert Sutherland)

(Photo: Robert Sutherland)

Road Tripping and Knitting

Tripping can be seen as a negative thing - fumbling, stumbling, and falling come to mind - but when it's connected to the "road" it quickly becomes joyful.  And better still is to go on a road trip with an armload of yarn feeling hopeful to return home with a stack of new hats.

First stop Baltimore.  Wintery winds blustered me into a neighborhood coffee shop where I finished hat number one and tried it on for size.

That evening I went to D.C. and it was just as cold there - but my new hat handled winds blowing from every direction.  Where to next?  There is more to see and now I'm armored with a warm new hat.

On to Ithica where there was more than just wind blowing.  I woke up the next morning to a layer of snow covering the street.  I finished hat number two in time to try it out on a wintery walk.  I need warmer hiking boots!

I was happily knitting in Ithica for two days before continuing on to Rochester.  As soon as the car wheels stopped, I jumped out to stretch my legs.  I stopped in a park and watched the sun go down behind some trees.  Diamonds, diagonals, and stars were my idea for hat number three with hot pink to warm it up around the edges.

Last stop Brooklyn, where friends showed me around their neighborhoods and warm orange and yellow street lights juxtaposed the grey and somber blue of the cold night sky.

Overall, I think I faired well during my northeastern trip in the middle of January.  It wasn't that cold when I had yarn running through my fingers and was armed with circular and double pointed needles, and a pair of scissors and a sewing-up needle in my holster.

All of these hats are for sale by EmolynKnits.  Contact me at emliden@gmail.com.