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Well, duh! Carson Kressley, of course. And what to my wondering (note: not wandering) eye should appear? No, not Regis Philbin, but our own tweeked out Queer. Lord, child. I got up this morning ready to renew my commitment to diet, exercise, and moderately clean living, and WHAM! Regis is taking the day off, and…

Summer is a time for regrouping at ThreadBear—this year more so than most. In general (that’s my qualifier, folks; this doesn’t hold true in every shop), summer is a time of slower local traffic as folks head out to their cabins or lake houses, gramma’s for a week or two, into their gardens, or wherever…

Sorry to play Eeyore, but as long as we’ve been absent, it is a bit surprising that so many people noticed that we’ve posted again recently. Thanks. It’s nice to be missed, it’s nice to be welcomed back, and it’s just plain nice to be back among you. I was doubly delighted to recently hear…

Yes, everyone at ThreadBear is alive and kicking. It’s been a busy year, and the holidays were certainly no exception. Busy is a good thing in business, though, so there won’t be any complaints. We’re even getting to a point where Rob and I actually have a real day off once a week. We’re trying…

For those of you who’ve waited patiently… and for those of you who haven’t, the pattern for ThreadyBear has been published at the ThreadyBear Yahoo! Group site. There’s a link to the site and a button to steal on the right under the Black Dog button. Much love, folks.-Matt.

Thanks to Rob, my mom and sister (Debbie… HI, DEB!) our staff at ThreadBear and several wonderful and dear friends, I had an awesome birthday a few weeks ago. As always, life is nuts here at the shop, and if you haven’t noticed, I’ve been working on updates on the shop website. But for my…

I’ve finally started taking a day off once a week, but I gladly relinquished it this past week for a day with our guest instructor, Lucy Neatby of Tradewind Knitwear Designs. Lucy taught classes in finishing and sock knitting, and frankly, I’m surprised my head didn’t explode with all of the information she passed along.…

Of course, it would crop up as soon as I started making a special effort to post again. I’m on my second round of antibiotics to try to quell a nasty sinus infection. I’m at work, but I’m definitely not at 100%. Don’t worry about the antibiotics; I’m eating yogurt to maintain my digestive bacteria.…

For those of you who don’t know, I spend a large percentage of my time knee deep in Photoshop. I got the new Colinette Firecracker online yesterday, so I’ve been working today to get the new Rio de la Plata yarns scanned and online. They’ve got tons of colors, and unfortunately, they don’t offer the…