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My name is Stacey Budge-Kamison, the fiberista behind UrbanGypZ Artisan Yarn in Asheville, NC.

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September 9-11, 2011 Greenville, SC

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October 21-23, 2011
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January 16th, 2012

I am unresolving in 2012

This time last month marked the end of a 9 month long crunch. And after cranking for 10 shows I was feeling pretty crunchy. I settled in for a few weeks of introspection and New Year resolution making. I pulled up last years awesome post of resolutions only to realize I really did not [...]

September 18th, 2011

Progress on Weekend WIP #2

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The Trinity Stitch Jacket in Mirasol Akapana in the 1303 cacao. Truth be told, I had delusions of clearing my wicker chest of knitting projects in my weekend WIP buster. But alas it only yielded one completed sweater and significant progress on the second sweater. But progress is progress.

I will [...]

September 17th, 2011

First WIP complete!

One sweater done!! Just needs some serious blocking. Worked in one piece sleeve to sleeve this piece grew as I got to the end. Either I was way more relaxed while knitting the second half of the sweater, or the weight of the whole thing stretched it quite a bit. Carmelo in UrbanGypZ [...]

March 26th, 2011

Breaking The Rules To Do What I Do

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You know I dreamed of this for years while sitting in my cubicle cranking out graphic design projects. Usually with a fresh skein of hand spun next to my computer. Counting down the minutes until the prescribed lunch hour when I could grab my latest knitting project and head to a secluded corner [...]

October 22nd, 2009

Turning Japanese

When I first saw Knitting Socks East and West on the bookshelves I was not at all interested. Really. I think I was turned off by the weird toeless socks on the cover. Not interested…

I am eating my words. This is an awesome book. In search of new sock books and trying [...]