is in town through Sunday, teaching a variety of classes at Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks and Knit Purl . She's been blogging about her visit to Portland and, in an email to us, said: "I'm having the BEST ...

A few years ago, during a stop in Chicago, Andy Landy Modesitt went to a yarn store to shop for some supplies. A friend came along. “As I was buying some circular needles, I happened to mention who my ...

Newcomer Clifton-Brown's bright, sweet watercolors far outmatch the slight story they accompany. The book has a low-key, quirky charm, but the plot does not fully develop the characters, and the ...