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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
Asheville, NC

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October 19th, 2011

SAFF!!

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Well, It is all labeled, and ready to go. The biggest show I do all year. We set up for SAFF tomorrow. Booth 80 on the floor of the McGough arena, behind the show fleece (not on the platform 35a I mentioned in my Ravelry ad, I was moved to a better spot!!) Here [...]

August 22nd, 2011

Rubbernecking A Good Cat Fight

For many of us, it started with a little tweet that Stephanie Pearl-McPhee posted last Friday.

What she was referring to was this post on the Huffington Post blog. In Peg Aloi’s piece, she calls into question the rise of blogs by women who have embraced domestic arts as a regression from [...]

March 24th, 2011

Breaking All The Rules About Lace

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Last years 10 shawls in 2010 knit-a-long(which has morphed into 11 shawls in 2011) had me dyeing a new line of lace yarns. I dyed a few awesome solids in some of my signature brights. But I tell you what really made my heart sing was the variegated tie dyed yarns that I made [...]

January 31st, 2011

So Begins My Traveling Shawl

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I signed up for a traveling shawl swap on Ravelry. For those who not familiar with how a traveling project works, a group of knitters are starting shawls they would like to have for themselves, designing the parameters. The different parameter allowing for each knitter to contribute something creatively to the shawl be [...]

August 30th, 2010

And the Shawl Obsession Continues

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I remember the day I swore I would never make a shawl. It was just so grandma and I just did not see myself ever wearing one. I also said the same thing about handspinning…

I have to say I have found myself reluctant to make socks with some of the beautiful sock yarns [...]