This week, I learned a new phrase that at first sounded way too simple. And yet, in just a few days it has already – surprisingly and even profoundly – changed my life. My friend Shannon was talking about how, when she starts to worry about everything that could go wrong in a given situation,…

I’m curious about something… If Brad and I were to show up unannounced to film a Knit Stars episode at your house, how would you feel about showing us your stash? Would you reluctantly and sheepishly pull it out from under your bed, the back of your closet and all the other nooks and crannies?…

Two weeks ago, Brad (our primary Knit Stars cinematographer) made a top-secret trip to my home in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. It was his first time here so naturally, I took him and his wife, Cindy, to all my favorite places. A great deal of grouper (our famous local fish) and chocolate creme brulée were…

How are you doing this week? The last couple of weeks have, frankly, been a real doozie for me. A couple of figurative hurricanes (recent breakup, mysterious skin condition) and then a literal one! 🌀 But the funny thing about storms, I’ve learned, is that they don’t all come to disrupt your life. Sometimes they…

The longer I move along through this thing called life, the more I believe that there are a few lessons – or maybe just one big lesson – that we are meant to learn, over and over again, until it finally sinks in. If you’d asked me in my first 50 years, I would have…

Today is the last day to enroll in Knit Stars Season 11, and that’s got me thinking. From interacting with Yarnies around the world each day, I’ve picked up the general sense that many of us are feeling weighed down – by our responsibilities, by our struggles, by our unfinished projects, by our stash… And…

Today we’ve just opened the final enrollment period for Knit Stars Season 11: Your Season of Genius. And if you’re game, I’d love for you to try a little experiment with me. The idea occurred to me when I was scrolling back through my photos from the past few months of traveling and filming, and…

This week I’m keeping my thoughts short. First, because these ideas are really powerful in their simplicity (and yet may give you lots to ponder). And second, because I want to get to the very special Project Watch section, because I made something I’m extra-super-duper excited about. So here’s the first thought. I heard it…

In the past few newsletters, I’ve been talking about fears that have held me back at certain times in my life. Bridges, heights, flying, even using the “good yarn.” But there’s one more fear I haven’t talked about. It’s the one I’ve had the longest, and it’s maybe the most embarrassing one. I’ll just come…

It had been quietly sitting in a plastic bag on the bottom shelf for 7 years. Seven years.  And every time I saw it, it spiked my adrenaline. Guilt churned together with fear in my gut. “I know I should knit something with it…but what?” Every few months I would see the plastic bag out…

When I think about the moment, my veins still turn to ice. It was about 15 years ago, and I was in my Mini Cooper convertible, frozen at a full stop in high-speed, rush-hour traffic, in the middle of a highway overpass. For a few terrifying minutes, traffic whizzed around me. I couldn’t move. I…

At some point during their first knitting lesson, every single person I’ve ever taught to knit has asked the same question: “But what happens if I make a mistake once I get home? Can you teach me how to fix it myself?” And always, I would smile reassuringly and say that learning to fix your…