And one more. . .

Today it's our last blog visit, in which Lisa stops by the blog of Woolbearers -- discussing the always-timely topic of substituting yarns.

We hope you enjoyed our blog tour -- learning more about us, the book and some of our favorite skinny yarns. A huge thank-you to all of the bloggers who helped us, our publicist, and all of you dedicated readers who followed us from place to place!

Lucky 13: Me 'n' Dolores. Bonding. (No, Dolores, I did NOT say "Bondage.")

Oy vey. After inviting Franklin Habit to be a host for the blog tour -- we all know how well-mannered, erudite, charming and full of grace and class he is -- I was informed that the interview will instead be conducted by Mme. Van Hoofen herself. I don't know quite whether to be insulted or flattered. I do know enough to be scared. So fasten your seatbelts, pour yourself a champagne mojito and go to The Panopticon for A Very Special KSF Blog Tour Stop.

Update: Franklin and I have been experiencing some minor technical difficulties with Blogger, so if his post isn't up yet but this one is, please don't fret -- he will post as soon as he is able. Thank you for your forbearance!

Day 11: Meet the FitterKnitter

Are any of you old enough to remember Rowan Botany? (I know some of you are old enough to remember, but I thought it was polite to ask.) For those of you who have taken up knitting more recently, Botany was a great fingering weight, 100% wool yarn from Rowan. (Its technical name was Rowan True 4-Ply Botany.) I probably still have some in my stash, but lo and behold it was discontinued. There were many knitters who, after rending their garments and gnashing their teeth, weren't convinced a suitable replacement could be found. But Rowan introduced 4-ply Soft to take its place, and although 4-ply Soft is different from Botany, it's still good. Very, very good. Really quite very good. So join me as we take a trip to visit The Fitter Knitter, and talk about 4-ply Soft.

Threadbear Fiber Arts is our host today

Woo-hoo! I got to meet Rob and Matt, the Threadbear guys, at TNNA! They are amazing and wonderful and I wanted to kidnap them for a couple of hours and rub my cheek up against that sexy beard and talk yarn with them until the sun rose, but, alas, I got hypnotized by Abby Franquemont (who in addition to having a great name and being incredibly nice and fun) kept whipping her spindle around like a fibrous Cirque du Soleil act -- minus the Lycra.

I suppose it was lucky for all of the rest of the TNNA-ers that I didn't do a Kathy-Bates-hotel-room-kidnap thing, so Rob lived to knit another day and to blog with Lisa today about skinny yarns.

P.S. If you are ever in the mood for some spectacular yarns, skinny or otherwise, and have some cash burning a hole in your Paypal account, I highly advise a visit to Threadbear's website.

Day 10 of the Blog Tour: TurtleGirl

Meet TurtleGirl and her Bloggy Thing, the host of today's Knit So Fine blog tour. Our skinny yarn of the day is the ever-delicious Koigu...

But before you go, check out this lovely stole here. Now apparently this stole is entered in some sort of newfangled web contest (you know me, I'm a humble housewife with a station wagon who doesn't always understand these knittin' kids and their interwebular rivalries) but it seems to me that is one kick-ass shawl so if the spirit moves you, go on over and vote for it.

Then I'll see you at Turtlegirl's!

Connie Chang hosts KSF today. . .

Sorry I'm late -- I got in last night from Columbus and apparently got some kind of nasty germs on the plane because now I'm sick. I have so much to tell you! I got lots of dirt on the new yarns, patterns and books that will be coming out in the coming months for fall '08. And of course, me being me, I made lots of new BFFs along the way (although no one will ever take the place of my original TNNA BFF, Ve-Ve).

In the meantime, cool designer Connie Chang is the host of the KSF blog tour today. Laura will be chatting with Connie over at Connie's blog. (See how diabolical I am? I gave poor Laura the day after we returned from Columbus. But she does get to chat with Connie Chang, whose patterns are amazing, so I hope that makes up for it!)

Still more stops on the KSF Blog Tour. . .

DK, the Nautical Knitter, is today's host of the KSF Blog Tour. We will be chatting about the fabulous Rowan KidSilk Haze. DK creates and runs the Secret of the Stole Knit-a-longs, and as a laceknitter (check out some of her patterns here) I bet she's got some interesting things to say about KidSilk Haze.

Day 6 of the KSF Blog Tour

KnitGrrl extraordinaire Shannon Okey is today's host of the Knit So Fine blog tour. Lisa will be visiting with her today at the KnitGrrl blog. Shannon's celebrating the release of her new book, How To Knit In The Woods: 20 Projects for the Great Outdoors, which I haven't seen yet, but I hope to score a review copy from Her Nibs this weekend. Through the miracle of the Web, Shannon, Lisa, Laura and I will all be in Columbus partying working hard while you are reading this. . .

KSF Blog Tour continues

Today, through the magic of teh internets, I am simultaneously on my way to TNNA in Columbus AND having a virtual chat with LynnH of ColorJoy. We'll be talking about the versatile laceweight yarn Zephyr. So come on over! In the meantime, I promise to collect lots of good gossip for you from Ohio. . .

KSF Blog Tour Day 4: Kat Coyle

It's particularly fun for me when I get a chance to meet a designer whose work I have admired from afar. Kat Coyle has lovely designs that are often featured in Interweave Knits and KnitScene, and she also has a highly adorable book of kids' knits, called Boho Baby Knits: Groovy Patterns for Cool Tots that was released last fall. Today, Laura is going to chat with Kat on Kat's blog so let's go see what's happening there!

More KSF Blog Tour: Day 3

Today I visit with Faina Goberstein, of Faina's Knitting Mode, to talk about Dale Svale, the yarn used for the main body of the Skater-Inspired Sweater. I did not know Faina before we started planning the tour, but I'm very pleased to get to know her! Faina and her co-author, Dawn Leeseman, have a book coming out next month, called Casual Elegant Knits. See you at Faina's!

KSF Blog Tour: Day 2

Most of my regular readers know that I'm a proud alum of Rosie's Yarn Cellar. Today, the KSF/Skinny Blog Tour visits the Rosie's shop blog, RosieBlogs, for Lisa's visit with Courtney Kelley. (Love the new blog header, Courtney and Kate!) Both Lisa and Courtney are masters of fine yarn, so they should have some interesting things to say.

Don't forget: KSF Blog Tour starts today!

While the clematis bloomed



I have been busy writing blog entries for the Knit So Fine/Skinny Yarns blog tour!

Fourteen consecutive days -- fourteen blogs for you to meet (or revisit if they are already old friends).

Some of the entries will be written by me, but my wonderful co-authors, Lisa and Laura, will also be writing some posts so you don't get sick of me yammering on for two straight weeks.

Each day will take a peek at one of the skinny yarns we used in the book, and other inside details about the creating of the patterns, or interview questions supplied by the bloggers, extra photos, reviews of the book by the bloggers, and so on.

Today we start with Andrea of The Fiber Forum, and look at one of my all-time favorite skinny yarns: Zitron's Trekking XXL. So head on over there and check it out.