I’m always tickled when I get the email to set up a photoshoot for Harrisville Designs. Harrisville is a lovely little mill town in the middle of nowhere New Hampshire and everywhere you turn there’s history to shoot. I love it.
This time, in addition to shooting in and around the mill, we shot on a farm nearby.

Summer is in full swing and while fun, doesn’t always feel productive. Finishing things in the summer is tough but I feel I need to remind myself that I am making progress.

I like to say that I love feedback. I love to hear when someone falls in love with a project bag I’ve made. Or when they tell me my Craftsy class improved their photography. Or that they are complimented on something they knit from one of my patterns. I LOVE that kind of feedback. Who doesn’t? We all like to hear the nice things. So when I say I love feedback, what I really mean is I love to hear the nice things. The not-so-nice things aren’t as lovable. I still appreciate negative feedback, but it takes me a few days to come around to it.

I’m introducing a delightful Jessica Jones fabric to the shop in two awesome colourways today: Pickup Sticks Coal and Pickup Sticks Brick.

In November I had the privilege of shooting the pattern photos for Louet’s Spring 2014 collection. Mari of Stitchcraft Marketing flew up from North Carolina and acted as stylist and photo assistant. It was a particularly tricky shoot to wrangle around the weather and backgrounds. It was November in Boston but most of the trees were bare of leaves so we could pretend it was early early spring before the trees were budding. (At least I hope that’s how it looks.)