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Knitting

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Craftsy is slick, but the Denver-based crafting site is still pretty cool

    I had my doubts about Craftsy. I'm protective of crafting; my grandmothers taught me how to bead, knit, and sew, and I've always felt crafts were a sacred space, an internal domestic community of passed-down knowledge. So I was wary of a website infringing into that personal sphere. I'm also a perso ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2011

    Denver's best music releases of 2011

    I had my doubts about Craftsy. I'm protective of crafting; my grandmothers taught me how to bead, knit, and sew, and I've always felt crafts were a sacred space, an internal domestic community of passed-down knowledge. So I was wary of a website infringing into that personal sphere. I'm also a perso ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2011

    Radical Knitting Circle

    When Bees No Longer Fly...
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    2011 Westword Music Showcase: Backbeat scribes' travelogues

    Every year, we enlist our Backbeat writers to host various stages at the Westword Music Showcase, and in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty and write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Click through to read travelogues from Thorin Klosowski, Ru John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Ladies Fancywork Society makes New York Times, called "Graffiti's cozy, feminine side."

    ​The Ladies Fancywork Society, Denver's ragtag gang of street knitters, has made the big time -- as in the Gray Lady. Yesterday, the New York Times published a big story on the trend of yard bombing, a process that the paper said "takes that most matronly craft (knitting) and that most materna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    ​ Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: On the concert front, we've received word that Death Cab for Cutie is due at Red Rocks in August with Frightened Rabbit, preceded by O.A.R. in July, while Ben Folds stops by the Ogden in July and Queensryche plays the Theatre in September. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Radical Knitting Circle, the Tanukis at hi-dive, 03/09/11

    A HAWK AND A HACKSAW With Radical Knitting Circle • The Tanukis 03.09.11 | hi-dive A Hawk and a Hacksaw is not, in any certain terms, the type of band you yearn to see live. The outfit plays Eastern-European infused music with hat-tips to Middle Eastern and klezmer-inflected music with vigor ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    A Talulah Jones 24 Days of Christmas: Day Twenty

    Eurothriftonista.​We're all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Gettin' crafty: Make the neighbors jealous with your very own yarn wreath

    Want one? ​ For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you "Gettin' Crafty" where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. So s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Sufjan Stevens, Bad Religion, John McLaughlin shows announced

    ​Indie troubadour Sufjan Stevens, who's set up a month-long fall tour that will include some of the country's most historic theaters and venues, is set to visit the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, November 2. Stevens will be performing fully realized versions of songs he initially debuted at sma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Prince proclaims the internet is "completely over." Here's five other things in that category.

    ​ Well, there you have it: The internet is "completely over." That's according to Prince, who told the UK's Daily Mirror in advance of his new album 20TEN (which, incidentally, will only be released only on CD) that the world wide web was "like MTV: At one time, MTV was hip, and suddenly it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Tool, Limp Bizkit, American Idol Live! shows announced

    ​Nearly a year after Tool's triumphant headlining set at the Mile High Music Festival, Maynard James Keenan and company return to the area for a two-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday and Tuesday, June 28 and 29. Reserved tickets are $52.50 to $69.50 and go on sale Saturday, May 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    The year in reviews: a handy link guide to all the records reviewed in Westword this year

    ​Perhaps inspired by the fact that we're in the process of putting together our annual year-end lists and thus reflecting on our favorite releases from the past twelve months, we've been going through all the albums we reviewed in 2009 in an effort to stir our memories just in case a worthy releas ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    Hand It to Them

    ​Perhaps inspired by the fact that we're in the process of putting together our annual year-end lists and thus reflecting on our favorite releases from the past twelve months, we've been going through all the albums we reviewed in 2009 in an effort to stir our memories just in case a worthy releas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Weekends on The Truth more confusing than ever

    ​Last week, Jeff Norman, president and general manager of The Truth, a new right-wing FM-talk station, explained that a variation of The Pole, a.k.a. "Stripper Radio," which ran for a week or so after the plug was pulled on Indie 101.5, a cult favorite that continues to survive, kind of, in an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2009

    Knit Knacks

    Knitters get noisy at Fresh City Life.

  • Music

    February 12, 2009

    Radical Knitting Circle

    Radical Knitting Circle
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Thank God It's Friday!

    Punk not your thing? A little too loud for you, you say? No worries. There's tons of other great music for you to catch tonight. Across from 3 Kings, over at the hi-dive, Curious Yellow makes its valiant return to the scene after a four- year hiatus, with the Still City (members of which are moonlig ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    A Few Good Yarns

    Keep a soldier’s head warm: Knit For Our Troops.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Flier of the week: Farewell Bush Bash at Walnut Room

    While we're not entirely sure we get the symbolism of the imagery attached to this flier -- the focal point of which appears to be a figure who looks like Jesus leaning on an inverted hand drum in front of a vague cluster of men of unknown origin? -- or how it relates to a show celebrating the exod ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Anarchist Ball

    While we're not entirely sure we get the symbolism of the imagery attached to this flier -- the focal point of which appears to be a figure who looks like Jesus leaning on an inverted hand drum in front of a vague cluster of men of unknown origin? -- or how it relates to a show celebrating the exod ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    Closely Knit

    KnitFlix is the perfect meld of craft and cinema.

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Unraveling Textiles at the DAM

    KnitFlix is the perfect meld of craft and cinema.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    A Tangled Yarn

    KnitFlix is the perfect meld of craft and cinema.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Q&A with Kelley Deal of the Breeders

    KnitFlix is the perfect meld of craft and cinema.

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Knitting Lessons

    KnitFlix is the perfect meld of craft and cinema.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Love Cereal Cupcakes Creative Collaboration=The Shoppe

    KnitFlix is the perfect meld of craft and cinema.

  • Calendar

    January 24, 2008

    Talking Shoppe

    Tran and Josh Wills are on an arts-and-crafts mission.

  • Calendar

    August 16, 2007

    Change Your Stripes

    Tran and Josh Wills are on an arts-and-crafts mission.

  • Calendar

    July 26, 2007

    Stitch in Time

    Tran and Josh Wills are on an arts-and-crafts mission.

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2007

    Knit Wits

    Folk and fiber artists gather down in the valley.

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2007

    Best Free Service

    DVD rentals

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2004

    Best Girl Group

    Stitch and Bitch, Thin Man

  • Goods & Services

    March 25, 2004

    Best Hangout for Knitters

    La Ti Da

  • Goods & Services

    March 25, 2004

    Best Charitable Ladies' Cause

    Knit for the Homeless, Shivering Sheep/Coppélia's Needlepoint

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2004

    Lavin All the Way

    Christine Lavin gets ready to share her latest stories with her knitting buddies.

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2003

    Warm Fuzzies

    Knit for the Homeless shows true glove

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    Flight Club

    Kites unite in One Sky

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best Fix for the Addicted Knitter

    A Knitted Peace

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Prison Therapy

    Limon Correctional Facility

  • Culture

    April 19, 2001

    From the Heart

    Germinal Stage Denver celebrates Bertolt Brecht.

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2001

    Best Yarn Store

    Showers of Flowers Yarn Shop

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2001

    Best Lithuanian Sweaters

    Lele

  • Culture

    November 16, 2000

    Art Beat

    Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best proof of life after Boulder

    Fat Mama

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best place to buy an Irish sweater

    Thistle & Shamrock

  • Music

    February 17, 2000

    Stop Making Sense

    DJ Logic experiments with hip-hop, rock and all that jazz.

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    Hit Pick

    DJ Logic experiments with hip-hop, rock and all that jazz.

  • News

    January 9, 1997

    A Yarn About the Broncos

    DJ Logic experiments with hip-hop, rock and all that jazz.

  • Music

    May 10, 1995

    SOUL MEN

    M. DOUGHTY'S SOUL COUGHING ISN'T CLEARING UP. AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

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