25 October 2010 ~ 23 Comments

IAPM75: Stitches East 2010

On today’s show Kimberly Reynolds and I talk shop about Stitches East. She is a super social media mover and shaker working for XRX(which BTW has finally started to make their website user friendly). She is very excited about the upcoming events. Also, I am offering up an awesome haloween inspired project bag from my [...]

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03 October 2010 ~ 7 Comments

IAPM74: Crashing Trunk Shows

Brave New Knits Julie Turjoman Craft Work Knit Ann Weaver Events NY Sheep and Wool Oct 16-17th Rhinebeck, NY Stiches East Oct 28-31st Hartford, CT Fiber Festival of New England Nov 6-7th West Springfield, MA Vogue Knitting Live! Jan 21-23rd New York, NY

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09 September 2010 ~ 5 Comments

You rock!!

You Rock!! No really… You Rock!! What I mean to say is, the best part of hanging out with you is that knitters, spinners, weavers, dyers, crocheters… the whole lot of you totally rock. You as a group are creative and playful and always learning new things. It is so very exciting to learn and [...]

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05 April 2010 ~ 4 Comments

IAPM73: It’s about time

Catching up and sharing the many events I have been working on. Make Mine Local Designer Showcase FiberCamp Boston Annie Modesitt’s online classes After The camp page TNNA Survey Gale Zucker Photo fun at Juniper Moon Farm FiberCrawl Maryland Sheep and Wool After Party

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02 March 2010 ~ 2 Comments

The Mission Statement

Sometimes it’s important to make a statement, sometimes it’s important to go on a mission, and sometimes doing both makes for very interesting business speak. So in an effort to find my spark I give you, a mission statement Memo: 3/2/2010 To whom it may concern: It’s a Purl, Man is a show about a [...]

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23 February 2010 ~ 14 Comments

Funk

Last week I started to listen to the podcast from the beginning. You can really hear the excitement and momentum of my knitting life in those shows. I am so excited to reach out to the community and so thrilled to find an audience of people who share my love of fiber. Sadly, I don’t quite feel that way now. [...]

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14 February 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Be my valentine…

On this valentine day I reflect on the past couple of years and the people who have come into my life as listeners to my show. So, it’s been a while. I miss you and miss this show, but I have been really overloaded with projects and paid work. Between a major event every month [...]

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07 November 2009 ~ 5 Comments

IAPM72: Rhinebeck and more

Joanne Seiff, author of Knit Green and Fiber Gathering, joins me on the show to talk about Rhinebeck, fiber events, and the complicated landscape of bring green. She is very knowledgeable about both fiber and the environment and breaks it all down for us in her writing. Many, many thanks to my friend Alanna at [...]

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20 October 2009 ~ 11 Comments

Rhinebeck 2009

Words fail me Perhaps this is how haikus got started, someone went to Rhinebeck and felt very overwhelmed… so they had to limit the amount of words that came out of their mouth in describing the experience. The fall brought Rhinebeck Tactile Travel tour drove me there Overwhelmed Please enjoy my impromptu slide show as [...]

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15 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

IAPM71: Itty Bitty Toys

On Todays show I have a great discussion with Susan B Anderson about her new book “Itty Bitty Toys“. She shares her influences and thoughts about the book as well as her other projects. In the Yarn-a-lot I talk about my joy of finally making it to Creative Fibers in Windsor, CT (near Hartford). I [...]

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