1 Theresa Walunas
The Keyboard Biologist
Theresa is a 3rd generation Lithuanian living in Chicago's Ukrainian Village. Most of her family emigrated from Lithuania to Pennsylvania in the early 1900's and then made a brief stop in Detroit before moving to northern Michigan. She's also an immunologist turned computer biologist who spends as much time as she can playing with fiber. So far she hasn't met a fiber art that she doesn't like, but knitting and spinning are her first loves. Her blog is a chronicle of all her crafty endeavors.
The interview is here.
2 Lorraine Ehrlinger
Lorrieknitsandsews
A blog about my knitting, my sewing and parts about my life. Sewing is part of my life.
Lorraine's review is here.
3 Jean Clement
Desert Rose Designs
My blog is a way for me to share my knitting, along with a little about me. I post my thoughts while designing projects, about personal projects and the special "awards" I knit for RMTA (Rocky Mountain Trials Association). I hope that anyone reading my blog gets a sense of me, what kind of person I am, along with my designing.
My interview with Jean is here.
4 Lynn DT Hershberger (LynnH)
ColorJoy by LynnH
Art as an everyday attitude. Color and creativity in all aspects of life. Knitting, music, dance, food, gardening, poetry and more; all these and more are artful pursuits and thus celebrated at the ColorJoy blog.
My interview with Lynn is here.
5 Katherine Vaughan
Knit with KT
A general knitting blog, with free patterns, information about patterns for sale from Katherine Vaughan Designs, reviews of books and patterns, and knitting commentary. Katherine includes discussion of her design process, testing, inspirations, and other thoughts that she finds interesting enough to share.
Interview with KT is here.
6 Amy O'Neill Houck
The Hook and I
Knitting and crochet musings, techniques and patterns from a writer and vegetarian mother of two living in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
My guest post about inspiration is here.
7 Wannietta Prescod
What’s Wannietta Knitting Today?
The 3-time and current winner of Canada's Search for the Fastest Knitter and 3rd fastest in the world at the '08 Knit Out gets her knitting done in between work & family just like everyone else … one stitch at a time!
Review is here.
8 Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten
The Fiber Forum
Andrea's fiber-related journey through crochet, spinning, knitting, felting and more! Topics include fiber news and commentary, online resources, book reviews, interviews and fiber festivals. Come on the journey!
Guest post here.
9 Peggy Gaffney
Kanine Knits
Portraits of dogs in knitting is what designer Peggy Gaffney creates with her unique line of sweaters and accessories to be worn by dog lovers around the world. Taking a more than 40 years involvement in showing dogs, plus a lifelong experience as a knitter and adding almost 15 years as a professional custom knitting designer; Peggy has created her exceptional line of Kanine Knits. This has now led her to write The Crafty Dog Knits Series of dog portrait knitting books, each for an individual breed and to create more than 100 dog breed charted designs. To see the full line, visit her website at - http://www.kanineknits.com.
Peggy interviews me here.
10 Deb Robson
The Independent Stitch
An eclectic mix of posts about knitting, spinning, and other textile crafts, plus independent publishing and other thoughts about books.
I interview my publisher. Part 1 is here.
Part 2 and a free glove pattern excerpted from the book is here.
11 Joanne Conklin
Rhythm Of The Needles
A blog about knitting, designing, travel, music, hockey and more knitting.
My guest post about color is here.
12 Faina Goberstein
Faina's Knitting Mode
The knitting mode is on. Read about techniques, design, new books, new patterns. Talk to designers about their work and inspirations. See helpful videos on brioche stitches and an unusual cast on. More videos are coming.
The interview is here.
Also, not part of the tour, but don't miss this post: Every Great Sweater Begins With a Great Swatch!
13 Shannon Okey
Knitgrrl.com
Knitgrrl.com is author/designer Shannon Okey's website. Although the blog concentrates on knitting, look for spinning, felting and other fiber arts, too!
Our talk is here.
14 Leanne Dyck of Olavia's hand knitting patterns and of oknitting.com book publishing
Designer's Note
Knitwear designer, author Leanne Dyck shares news, views, tips and stories.
Our talk about writing, publishing, and marketing is here.
15 Kat Coyle
coiled
My blog, coiled, reflects what’s happening in my knit design, my art and my family life. I enjoy writing about my young son and the crafts we do together. I also like to show my recent paintings and knitting projects. It’s a place where I can share my knitting designs and the things that inspire me.
Kat's review and ideas for designing a yoke sweater are here.
16 Daniel Yuhas
Tatting My Doilies
The musings of obsessed knitter and designer Daniel Yuhas. Lots of knitting with occasional forays into math, family, gardening and really long bike rides.
Book review is here.
17 Kristi Geraci
Knitters Anonymous
The knitting adventures of Cookie and Kristi. We are friends who knit (and design) a lot of socks, and some other things too!
Interview with Debbie O'Neill who designed and knit the cover sweaters.
18 Karin Maag-Tanchak
knitting &
I knit. And I cook, write, take pictures. All for one low price.
Interview part 1 and part 2.
19 Carol Sulcoski
Go Knit In Your Hat
Knitting, handdyeing, "No-Bull" book reviews, bunnies and more, from the author of Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarns.
Carol's review is here.
20 Cindy Moore
fitterknitter
Cindy Moore, a fiber enthusiast, shares knitting, spinning and weaving experiences and projects with internet friends with an occasional story relating to her passion for cycling and exercise. Also all of the swatches she has been rewriting and chrating from The Art of Knitting 1897 are posted here first.
Cindy's review is here.
21 Margit Sage
Fiber Fiend
One fiend's adventures in dyeing, spinning, knitting, and design (with LOTS of photos). I blog primarily about my personal knitting and occasional sewing adventures, and what I'm designing and dying for my business (http://fiberfiend.com/store), along with upcoming business events (Stitches West!, classes I might be teaching, etc.), and other fun stuff I hear about in the world of knitting. I add in tidbits about my life (often my 2 dogs), some liberal politics (only linking to action you can take, not rants), and, unfortunately, my challenges with my health issues (fibromyalgia and intractable migraines) tend to creep into my blog, or stop me from blogging for periods of time.
Book review here!
22 Audrey Knight
AudKnits
AudKnits provides knitting inspiration, patterns, and tips & techniques.
Review is here. Photos of Audrey's fingerless gloves are here.
23 Terrye Kinch
Knitting at CraftGossip.com
Every Little Bit Of Craft Gossip.
Terrye is working on a sweater.
The blog tour finale is here!
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