Author Archives: Kristy Lamb

About Kristy Lamb

I recently finished my PhD in genetics at Yale and am currently a postdoc at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in NYC. I love science, people, and the fiber arts. We'll call it my muse. I taught myself to knit over Christmas break in 2002, when I was home from my sophomore year in college and was terribly bored. Despite starting with three big mistakes (very long aluminum needles, a very bad Coats & Clark how to knit book, and Lion Brand Homespun), I kept at knitting, even after that first 1/2 hour trying to tie a slipknot. Science...seems to be much the same process as the above.

A fresh wind in the sails?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Kristy Lamb

This interview with Holly Berry – complete with beautiful pictures – makes me want to bust out my loom.  Now!

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Fall Sheep Shares Farm Visit

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kristy Lamb

Though the disappointment of missing Rhinebeck (more on that soon) was acute, the fall visit to Springdelle Farm for Foxfire Fibers Sheep Shares Members really lifted my spirits. It was a dreary, drizzly day, but there’s no such thing as … Continue reading →

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Rhinebeck disappointment

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Kristy Lamb

I was all set to take Portuguese knitting with at Rhinebeck this October, but it turns out, I won’t be able to make it this year. It’s too late for me to get any kind of refund for the sold-out … Continue reading →

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Time for a new sweater…

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Kristy Lamb

So at the end of October, armed with me and Kara’s Stitches passes from the Rhinebeck Rav party, my friend Sandy and I drove up to Hartford for yet more yarn shopping. It turns out I don’t get tired of … Continue reading →

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A very belated Rhinebeck Finale…

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Kristy Lamb

So the second day of Rhinebeck was in fact amazing. The big selling points were: 1. No feeling like we had to do everything in just one day, more time to just spend with people. and 2. Leaping Llama Competition. … Continue reading →

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Rhinebeck!!!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Kristy Lamb

As everyone I know (where know is loosely defined as am friends with, go to church with, work within a quarter mile of, pass in the hallway, etc) already knows, the third weekend in October is my favorite weekend of … Continue reading →

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Rhinebeck-a-rama forthcoming

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Kristy Lamb

IMG_6576 Originally uploaded by dnatheory I’ll post my Rhinebeck summary of awesomeness soon, but my friend Kara took this picture in which I look extraordinarily pleased with my new Golding, and I am. Emily’s just concentrating really hard. She’s a … Continue reading →

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Traveling Damson!

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Kristy Lamb

Back in May, I started knitting Damson (rav link!). It’s the knitting project I had with me on the trip to New York to see a Martha Stewart taping. I used yarn that Kara and I had hand-dyed back in … Continue reading →

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Knit PacMan graffiti – I love East Rock!

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Kristy Lamb

After church today, I grabbed lunch at Cafe Romeo before embarking on a Sunday afternoon of errands. As we were eating, I noticed something on a nearby phone pole that caught my eye… It’s a good ways up that pole, … Continue reading →

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The Bucolic Plague

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Kristy Lamb

When Val and I headed off to see a taping of the Martha Stewart show, one of the first things we noticed in the studio was the area where the staff told us the goats would be. Yes, my ears … Continue reading →

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