By Tara, on June 9th, 2010% My knitting lessons are famous!
Ok, maybe not famous, but they are in the Jonesborough Herald and Tribune!
The story centers on some of my students, the Misterly family. The picture you see above is of 11 year old knitting machine, Maggie. I’ve been teaching the Misterlys (mom, daughter and 8 yr old son) for just about a year. During that year they’ve made toys, sweaters and finished up piles of unfinished knitting.
Check out the entire article here.
If you’re looking for more information about knitting lessons with Tara Swiger, you can find it here.
If you aren’t near enough for lessons, but still want to learn to knit, check out my Learn to Knit Kit.
Did you read the article? Let me know in the comments!
PS. Tomorrow I’m going to announce 2 new limited-edition yarn excitements. If you don’t want to miss out, get it . . . → Read More: Knitting Lesson Fame
By Tara, on March 19th, 2010% Win a copy of Handmade Marketplace! . . . → Read More: Handmade Marketplace – book giveaway!
By Tara, on January 7th, 2010% I can’t believe it’s taken me 4 days to share this (blame on being snowed in!) but last Sunday, my yarn shop (A Novel Yarn) was featured in the biggest local paper – The Johnson City Press!
That’s me on the left (with the pink hair) and my business partner (and mom) on the left. We’re hugging a shelf full of Jen Hintz’s yarn (the photographer made us do it).
As you can see, the article took up the whole front page of the Temp (ie. Lifestyle) section, with a picture of my picture of Shera, along with more of Jen’s yarn and my mom’s hands knitting.
The article was all about our “philosophy” of handmade yarn and living curiously (about where stuff comes from, if we can make it, how it’s made, etc).
The article also briefly . . . → Read More: In the local paper!
By Tara, on October 28th, 2009% I received my copy of Knit Green 2 weeks ago. Since then, I have been pouring through it.
Now, I should warn you – I am NOT unbiased about this book – I sold my photographs to the editor and they appear in the book. This is the first time I’ve seen my name in print, in a bound BOOK. So yeah, I was more than a little excited when my copy came in the mail!
That said, I was prepared to just scan the book and put it on my shelf (or let’s be honest, on my coffee table where I can casually flip to my pictures whenever anyone wanders into the room). I’ve been reading and researching eco-friendly fibers since I first thought about starting a yarn business, over 4 years ago. I didn’t think this book had a lot to teach me.
Whoa.
. . . → Read More: Knit Green – Book Review
By Tara, on March 23rd, 2009% In which I find myself, in print. . . . → Read More: The Meaning of Green
By Tara, on August 6th, 2008% I really love reading what my customers think of my yarn. Whether it’s Etsy feedback, in the Ravelry group or in blog posts – it’s really nice to know how people are using the yarn. I’ve longed used GoogleAlerts to alert me of anything written about me or my yarn, but it must not be working right, because anytime I google “blonde chicken yarn”, I come up with a new batch of links to the shop. The most exciting are write-ups by shopping blogs or “knitting stars” – and lately I’ve been blessed with a few mentions:
Indie Fixx’s column Indie is the new Green featured my yarn (and used photos of both my Banana and handspun yarn!) in an article on ‘green’ yarn. Vickie Howell (host of the TV show Knitty Gritty!) used my handdyed recylced silk in a featured crochet pattern (it’s on the front page of . . . → Read More: Gimme some love!
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