Knitting

Trademark Protection Gone Wrong, U.s. Olympic Committee Edition

Lynne Kiesling The U.S. Olympic Committee is starting to beat the drum for the London 2012 Olympics, 36 days to go! But their long-standing aggressive enforcement of their “Olympic” trademark has alienated an unlikely group of potential Olympics fans and TV viewers: knitters. Yes, knitters (of which I am one). At the knitting social network …

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A Sheepy, Woolly Weekend, and Some Economics of It

Lynne Kiesling I spent the weekend with two friends at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, the second largest sheep-based livestock and fiber festival in the U.S. It’s an overwhelming combination of county fair (complete with fair food), livestock show, livestock market, and fiber festival. It’s all about turning this into this And yes, I …

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The Financial Risk Associated With Inducing Yarn Frenzy in Knitters

Lynne Kiesling There’s this really great outfit called Blue Moon Fiber Arts that makes some of the most gorgeous hand-dyed yarn for knitting that you can imagine; gorgeous yarn born out of the vision of one woman. I bought my first Blue Moon yarn, a variegated rayon in amazing shades of olive, a year and …

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Knitting Olympics

Lynne Kiesling OK, I’m throwing my knitting lot in with two teams, fair isle knit team and team Chicago: For you non-knitters, here’s the challenge: cast on a new project that stretches your skills during the opening ceremonies, and finish it by the time the Olympics end. My stretch: multi-color fair isle, which I’ve never …

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