Yarn Review: Isaac Mizrahi’s Craft Sutton

yaRRns By Feb 01, 2015 29 Comments

r’s note: Affiliate links are used in this post Lately my favorite type of yarn to work with is bulky or super bulky. Projects work up quickly giving that lovely sense of complete when you weave that last end. Within a few hours you have a freshly finished object, as was the case with a hat and cowl I made…

Happiness is Homemade Link Party

Say it Rah-shay By Feb 01, 2015 1 Comment

WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER GREAT WEEK HERE WITH US! Hey there! We are happy you are joining us this week! More HAPPY then normal as we are celebrating One Year Anniversary of the Happiness Is Homemade Link Party with a present of $100* cash to one of our guests – thats you! A huge thank you to some of our…

Tinkering Around at Work

My sister gave me a Tinkertoy set for use in the library. The set was introduced during a free play activity and in   conjunction with blocks the library received as part of a grant from the state to host a “Block Party.” The addition of the Tinkertoys, made by K’NEX Industries, Inc. (A Pennsylvania company!) was just to introduce the sets and to get…

Off the Needles: The Steep Climb Slouch Hat

  The Steep Climb Slouch Hat has been in my Ravelry cue for a while and I decided to give it a try to get out of my cowl comfort zone and level up my knit skills a bit.   Pattern The pattern, by Cheryl Kubat, looks complicated but is actually pretty easy to follow. If you can knit and…

Motown the Musical Breaks House Record

Broadway Philadelphia, presented collaboratively by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and the Shubert Organization, is proud to announce that the recent Philadelphia premiere of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL broke the existing house record for a two-week Broadway Philadelphia engagement at the Academy of Music, grossing $3,010,715.50.   This surpassed the previous highest two-week gross by Les Misérables in January,…