Signature Dish

I wanted to make a sweater for a special new baby who is the son of a close friend of our son’s. Seemed pretty simple—a cardigan with hood. I used a pattern from an English designer and that is where the trouble started. I realized that the pattern had LOTS of errors but I foolishly [...] Read More

The Signature Circleis going to continue to amaze you. We KNOW there are knitters in every part of the world and with every sort of life experience and I want to introduce you to a very special woman whose title is Mother at her work! All of us here at Signature feel like we have [...] Read More

I am hoping I am not the only knitter who is just crazy about things they do being perfect. My password name should always be Frogger. The baby sweater I am doing right now has been ripped out so many times that I am now finding a slight positive in knowing this yarn (Milky Soft [...] Read More

Since Signature was started we have developed strong relationships with many of our customers that go far beyond maker/purchaser. We have met many of you in person or online. Your life stories have amazed, touched, and surprised us so much that we have decided to share some of them. This is just the beginning of [...] Read More

A favorite blog I read is Mason-Dixon Knitting and on one of the latest entries talks about a new book called Knit Your Own Dog, by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne. It looks like something dog lovers would like to do, or just read. Of course a knit dog would not do any of the great things a real dog would, but none of the bad things either. Read More

That is how far I got in reading the new book by our friend Kate Atherley before I had to stop and email her how much I loved it! Honestly every page has something interesting and clearly presented. Read More

This is a scarf I have finished –nothing fancy just soft and red in Feather and Fan pattern but it is part of something that makes it special. Several years ago we started here in the office to adopt a family from theSharingCenter(website here). They have many more families than usual this year and because we know that we have such generous people here we got a big family—4 boys and parents. Read More

We are all finally back from our time at Rhinebeck—the formal name is New York State Sheep and Wool Festival. The countryside in upstate New York is beautiful and the autumn colors were spectacular. Read More