On April 9, my friend Alice took me to the American Folk Art Museum, a tiny but exclusive fabric and yarn shop called Habu, and the Lion Brand Yarn Studio in New York City. I temporarily placed and photographed rings in the museum’s donation box and on the minimalist sign outside Habu’s 8th-floor entrance. At Lion Brand, I left my signature mushrooms (made with Lion Brand yarn!) in a basket on their classroom table and posted a ring on their bulletin board under ‘News from the Yarniverse.’

—Frances