When Yarn and Stationery Collide: Blackwing X LolaBean Yarn Co

You know I love the intersection of stationery and anything knitting related. So I squeed last night when I received the most recent email from LolaBean Yarn Co. LolaBean Yarn Co. is a Georgia-based independent yarn dyeing company, headed by Adella Colvin. Adella named the company LolaBean in honor of her daughter, Lola, in the…

Pencil Review: A Taste of Blackwing Sampler Set

Pencil Review: A Taste of Blackwing Sampler Set

Review by Tina Koyama Maybe you’ve been wanting to dip one toe into the Blackwing pencil pool without diving into the deep end of the mixed metaphorical rabbit hole. Or perhaps you are already a Blackwing aficionado, and you want to show your uninitiated friend (the one who insists that pencils are for school kids)…

Sharpener Review: Blackwing One-Step Long Point

Sharpener Review: Blackwing One-Step Long Point

Review by Tina Koyama What is all the fuss about a “long point”? For this long-time colored pencil user, long points are not needed (or wanted) for most colored pencil purposes. So when I first began using graphite pencils more seriously for drawing and writing and became involved in the pencil community, I was fascinated…