Sticks 'n Twigs

06/19/2016

from Earth First! Newswire Brown County, Indiana – A logging site on Scarce o’ Fat Ridge in Yellowwood State Forest was the canvas for a recent art installation by Hills O’ Indiana Crochet and Knitting Society. (H.I.C.K.S.) The group used yarn to weave together dozens of trees marked to be logged. ...

06/19/2016

Classic string theory... 🐈

Image: Karen McAliece/Threadless

06/11/2016

We have locally-grown strawberries dipped in Fair Trade, organic chocolate at Sticks 'n Twigs. Your choice of dark or milk chocolate. We're outside between the stage and the river.

06/11/2016

Make sure to stop by and refill your water bottle and say hello!

06/11/2016

Fair Trade, organic chocolate-dipped strawberries! Ask for them when you come by since they are hiding out in our cooler.

06/11/2016

Yummy, organic cat grass at Aurora Greenfest!

06/08/2016

Kelly and I are going berry picking for strawberries that will be dipped in Fair Trade, organic chocolate for Greenfest on Saturday. YUM!!! Who says being green can't be indulgent!

06/08/2016

Yesterday I made rosemary-mint sugar scrub and thin mints. Today I made apple-cinnamon sugar scrub and am starting on the s'mores on sticks. The kitchen smells amazing! (Also the tent is all ready to go) Hope we see you at Greenfest!

06/07/2016

We'll be there! And with ice water to refill your bottles!

Aurora GreenFest founder and Chairman Mavis Bates remembers that first shindig with mixed emotions. It was 2010. About 500 visitors showed up. So did Mother Nature, which provided a "typhoon" of a downpour that soaked everyone to the bone. Oh, and even before the mini-monsoon hit, an audience of...

06/04/2016

This is a 2.5 oz/71gram cake of lace weight (18 WPI) yarn that has been reclaimed from a discarded Pria brand sweater, size XL. Its a soft pale

06/03/2016

By next Saturday, these little sprouts will be lush, fresh grass for your cats and other pets! If you're local, and can't make it to Aurora Greenfest on 6/11, let me know and I'll be happy to set some aside for you!

05/31/2016

Thousands of handmade knitted poppies carpet the area around the Royal Hospital Chelsea in scenes evoking poignant memories of the famous Tower of London installation in 2014.