News & Notes From FGF
Obstacles to Our Creativity
What is stopping you from expressing your creativity? Lisa talks about fear, perfectionism and inertia and gives you some ways to get creative again. Of course there is a creative exercise for you as well.
Some More Color Choices for KAL
Rhinebeck Hat Here's the second choice for our Winter Halfpipe Hat KAL. Remember this is in honor of the Winter Olympics. We will be casting on February 4th and finishing by February 20th. I styled this after the Ravellenics event. You can join us by commenting here,...
Some KAL Color Choices
Our Winter Hat KAL starts on February 4th. It coincides with the Winter Olympics. One of the most popular patterns this time is the Correlation Hat. Correlataion Hat This hat is made with one skein of our Synergy yarn. You can find it here. This is a merino farm yarn...
Hat KAL for the Winter Olympics
Let's do a Hat KAL during the Olympic Games!! The rules for the Ravellenic Games are to start and finish a project during the Olympics. So starting Feb. 4th and finishing Feb 20th. I will have 3 hat kits for sale. Cabla Hat using our worsted weight LiViLyCorrelation...
Raising Creative Kids Part 3
This is the last part (at least for now) of the series about raising creative kids. I loved this conversation with Kerstin Zurbrigg. We talked about how to make room in your daily life for creativity. And you know what? This applies to fostering creativity in the...
Raising Creative Kids: A Conversation with Kerstin Zurbrigg
I love this last part of my conversations about raising creative kids. Kerstin talks about how to make creativity a part of you and your family's daily life. Of course there is a creative exercise for you to try with or without little ones.
Starting 2022 Out Right
After two roller coaster years, I have great hopes for 2022. Well, I have to admit, I am an optimist. I always have high hopes for the new year and the new month and even the new week. I love new beginnings. I love dreaming about new projects and new writing and new...
Saying Goodbye to 2021
There are just a few days left until 2022. It's been quite a year. I keep thinking how each time we think that "normal" life is right around the corner, we find out that the goal line has been moved. Each year, I select a word or words that reflect my aspirations for...
Shop Update: New Farm Yarn
I've just added a beautiful wool farm yarn. It's called Fingal. Well it's not really new, but I just realized that I still have a lot of this lovely yarn. This yarn is made from BFL (Blue Faced Leicester) wool from our farm and Grindstone Ridge Farm. I had this in the...
Raising Creative Kids Part 2
in this part 2 of the mini-series on raising creative kids, Lisa talks with Annie Marshall, owner and founder of Veggie Annie, a catering company. We talk about developmental stages, cooking with kids and talking to children about what they have made (or not)! Click...
