Purls Beyond PriceIn which Nathania Apple, woman of the world, mother of three, knitting maniac and quilting maven displays bursts of creativity, frequent fits of frustration and occasional spurts of productivity.To Dream the Impossible Dream- May 31, 2008 A couple weeks ago, we were hanging out in the family room at the shop, a whole bunch of us, including Jasmin, Kathy and Sandi, when the most amazing gentleman walked through the door. He stood well, well above six feet tall and he spoke with crisp diction in a glowing baritone. He was looking for an opening night gift for his Sancho Panza, as he was playing Don Quixote in the Saratoga Drama Group's production of Man of La Mancha. His Sancho is an avid knitter and he wanted something to delight.http://nathaniaapple.typepad.com/knit_quilt_stitch/2008/05/to-dream-the-im.html Welcome, Emerson Rose!- May 25, 2008 My dear friends Nicci and Chip ushered Emerson Rose into this crazy old world at 5:33pm. I'm sure big brother Connery is awfully proud of his new baby sister. I can't wait to introduce our baby girls! Congratulations and much love to you all!http://nathaniaapple.typepad.com/knit_quilt_stitch/2008/05/welcome-emerson.html Slammed- May 17, 2008 Kevin is upstairs giving Ellie a bath, so I have a blessed few minutes of peace and relative quiet after a very long day. Blogging has been low priority these last few weeks, what with putting in 12+ hour days at the shop and juggling the girls' busy schedules. It seems as though there's scarcely been time to breathe, let alone relax. I am most grateful to our friend Ray, massage therapist extraordinaire, for rescuing me from migraine hell yesterday (he really is terrific, if you haven't...http://nathaniaapple.typepad.com/knit_quilt_stitch/2008/05/slammed.html Contest Winners- May 10, 2008 Reading all the contest entries was fun. I purposely did not give any hints or clues, just to see what you all might come up with. Last Saturday Tina of BMFA rang me and told me to check out their ad in the new Interweave. Devil! It hadn't arrived yet. "Check out page 59," she said. "It's about you." I was left in dreadful suspense. Finally the packages arrived on Tuesday and I opened the magazine to reveal my pattern Trickle featured in the ad, knit in the beautiful...http://nathaniaapple.typepad.com/knit_quilt_stitch/2008/05/contest-winners.html |