Our new Fyberspates Scrumptious yarn line received a warm welcome at the show! It was a great chance for shops to see what all the buzz is about. Jeni Hewlett from Fyberspates spent time with the Lantern Moonies in the booth. Here she is on the left, and also the visiting Ravelry peeps and Ysolda. [...]
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Our lovely needles are at the Berroco Yarn Bar at TNNA. You can sample our Featherlights, ebony, and rosewood needles there, or come by the Lantern Moon booth (#938)! (I love this clever display. Belly up to the bar and place your order!)
More fun! Kristin Omdahl will be our guest in the Lantern Moon booth (#938) at TNNA on Saturday from 4 to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon. Kristin is a designer and the author of several knitting and crochet collections, including “A Knitting Wrapsody” and “Crochet So Fine.” She’s bringing copies [...]
Just a few, because the team was so busy, they hardly took any! Berrocco had a very creative way to show off their new yarns: the Yarn Bar. What a great way to sample some yarn! And don’t these swizzle sticks look familiar? Yes, they’re Lantern Moon straight needles! Our booth was beautiful, again. We [...]
akonye kena
Posted in General, TNNA, accessory, events on Jan 27th, 2011
which means, “I will help myself” in Acholi, a tribal language of northern Uganda. Akonye Kena provides training for young adults in tangible skills and self-sufficiency, assisting them in their quest for independence. We showed some of these paper bead necklaces during Sample It at TNNA for Akonye Kena. I don’t know that we’ll be [...]
Sunday is a lot like Saturday! Lots of looking and shopping, and it’s amazing how many things I missed the first time through. I did go to a mini-session workshop on social media, given by Benjamin Levisay and Kimberly Reynolds of XRX, Inc. (Knitter’s Magazine). They say that all companies should have a blog, and [...]
I went through the pictures on my camera, and realized that I didn’t quite finish Friday. We set up these lotus butterfly vases, and they were gorgeous. This is the rice we had in our lotus butterfly vases. I love the brilliant and saturated colors. Gina Wilde from Alchemy Yarns dyed it for us. Apparently [...]
This was my first TNNA show, and it was busy, fun, inspiring, mind-blowing…the list goes on. We went down to Long Beach on Thursday, and landed at sunset. Wouldn’t this sky be a great yarn colorway? The Lantern Moonies (10 of us) all stayed in this house across the street from the beach. It was [...]
It all began with a rice basket…
Posted in fiber baskets on Jan 7th, 2011
In 2000, Sharon and Joel Woodcock began with a traditional rice basket made by a women’s social work program in Vietnam. They hoped to find a market for these baskets when they moved back to the United States from Ho Chi Minh City, where they had lived since 1996. Sales of these baskets would help [...]
Happy new year to you…
Posted in events on Dec 29th, 2010
…and happy anniversary to us! Lantern Moon is 10 years old this year. We will be celebrating at our 10th TNNA (The National Needlearts Association) trade show, January 8-10 in Long Beach, CA. If you’re going to TNNA, stop by and see us in booths #735 / 834. Sharon has been designing the booth, and [...]