Great Yarns for the Close-Knit Family ...

WooHoo: Elizabeth's Foreword

2009-05-28T20:23:00.001-04:00

Here's a link to a beautiful foreword from a beautiful friend ... thanks Elizabeth!

WooHoo: it's out!

2009-05-27T19:38:00.001-04:00

Please celebrate with me .... Margot, my publisher at Hillside Education, just posted that my book, In His Image: Nurturing Creativity in the Heart of Your Home is available for pre-order (with a shipping date of June 15th). If you get a chance to read a copy, please let me know what you think. And my good friend over at 4real, Elizabeth Foss, kindly wrote the foreword for me!

Enjoy!

Check this out!

2008-10-01T22:11:00.002-04:00

CHC, a well-known home-educators' resource catalog, is now carrying the book!

Technorati: I make the big time

2008-08-12T08:35:00.001-04:00

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how cool is all this stuff?

Great Yarns: I'm on the Road Again!

2008-05-27T22:08:00.004-04:00

A little knitting shop about 30 minutes from Denver is going to host me and on Friday, May 30! Yippee, I get another chance to talk "shop" with other knitting enthusiasts, maybe sell a few books and knit for a few uninterrupted hours .... what more could I ask for?

Knitter's Nest
(in Clark Plaza)334 Fifth StreetFrederick, Colorado
80530

(303) 833-5062

RMCHEC -- come on by and say hi

2008-04-02T09:29:00.002-04:00

Please join us down in Colorado Springs on June 6 and 7 for the 9th annual

RMCHEC, this year organized by the Colorado Springs Catholic home-educators, has a wonderful schedule of speakers and events for the two-day conference. Bishop Sheridan will celebrate Mass on Friday morning and a wonderful banquet on Friday evening.

I'll be speaking on "Handcrafts in the Homeschool" on Saturday afternoon as well as running a table selling living books from Hillside Education, Cay Gibson and others (and yes, my book -- Great Yarns for the Close-Knit Family -- will be available too!)

Stop on by and say hi!

Book Signing at Coppelia's in Denver

2008-03-18T22:28:00.002-04:00

Mark your calendars!

You are cordially invited
Thursday, March 27th 2008 – 5:00-7:00p.m.
at Coppelia’s Needlepoint and The Shivering Sheep
CHERRY CREEK NORTH AT 231 MILWAUKEE ST., DENVER, CO 80206
303-320-7776

for an exclusive premiere public showing and
book-signing of a brand-new knitting book
Great Yarns for the Close-Knit Family:
Over two dozen original hand-knit designs
Inspired by one dozen fantastic family read-alouds

By Mary C. Gildersleeve, Design-Artist
from By Hand, With Heart … hand-knit designs

Shellie will have copies of the book for sale and Mary will be available for autographing the book and telling us more about the hand-knit designs and family read-alouds mentioned in the book. She’ll also have some of the finished projects from the book to show us.

And Shellie will be serving cookies from Gateaux Pastries!

Come join the fun – knitting, talking about knitting and eating exceptional cookies!

The projects all in one place

2008-03-14T16:57:00.022-04:00

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Pinocchio Doll and Pinocchio Doll Clothes

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Canadian Summer by Hilda vanStockum

Mr. Magic's Gnome Hat and Arthur Purcell's Gay Sweater

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The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R. R. Tolkein

Bilbo's Backpack and Bilbo's Traveling Jacket

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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ma's Boot Socks and Pa's Red-White Checked Mittens

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Little House in the Highlands by Mellissa Wiley

Mittens for Laird Alroch & Auld Mary and Tullie Grayshanks Doll & Clothes

and a close-up of Tullie's Tam

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The Lost Island by Eilis Dillon

Fisherman's Jersey and Wool Socks for the Journey

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Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

Mary Poppin's Carpetbag and Mary Poppin's Fur-trimmed Gloves

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Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

Mr. Popper's Scarf and Captain Cook

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Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle

Otto's Chain Mail and Otto's Scabbard & Belt

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Redwall by Brian Jacques

Matthias' Over-sized Habit and Asmodeus, the Snake

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Colin's Rug & Cushion and Mrs. Sowerby's Cloak

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Wheel on the School by Meindert deJong

Lina's Stocking Cap and Thick Woolen Socks for Linda & Jan

Greetings and welcome

2008-03-14T10:04:00.007-04:00

Dear Folks!

Thanks so much for stopping by this blog ... what I envision is a site where you can come and ask questions, make comments or other suggestions and I can facilitate your attempts at creating a "close-knit family".

I'll post pictures of all the projects so you can see them in color. I will also do tutorials for any of the projects for which you might be having problems or questions.

Please let me know what YOU would like to see on this blog -- just leave a comment attached to any post and I'll try my best to accommodate you.

Oh, and if you haven't yet gotten your own copy of Great Yarns for the Close-Knit Family, you can order it directly from the publisher, Hillside Education, or from Amazon.

Happy knittin' and let's play!