Jeweler Jennifer Walker sent this announcement for a Holiday Gift Sale she and other talented artisans are putting together at 449 N. Euclid (at Washington) this weekend. Enjoy a hot toddy and do your best to win that free gift on Friday evening! Fri. 5 to 8 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. I…
Category: Handmade
Floral designer Jane Winter draws rapt audience
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor tornado warnings can keep floral designer Jane Winter's fans away when she teaches a class at Bowood Farms. Last June a sold-out "From Vase to Table" workshop occurred in the midst of a severe weather warning. Those who threw caution to the wind, crowded into Bowood's interior "break room" while…
The Yarn Harlot speaks out at Trinity Church
The irony of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, who calls herself "The Yarn Harlot" (in orange under the Left Bank Books banner), reading to and signing books for over 150 loyal fans in a church setting was not lost on the Canadian author and passionate knitter. McPhee has authored several best-selling books of essays on knitting and writes…