Updates
Sooooo, anyone wanna see what's sitting on my shelf? That looks suspiciously like a book. A real live physical book. The kind with ink and pages. The kind you can pick up and hold and sniff and give yourself a papercut with. And guys...it's likely immodest to say this, but wow does it look good. I love the e version too, but somehow the paper one always wins first place in my heart. So, what does this mean for the folks who have ordered the book? Well, the ones on the shelf are the author advance copies (the printer sends [...]
More Milestones
I showed you last month when I had half of the swatches for Book the Third finished up, so it seems only fair to show you the second half. Now of course I'm mean, and I want to keep the details secret, so I'll only show you a tiny picture (and one with all the good bits blurred out too). Hopefully it will at least serve as proof of concept and reassure you that I have been up to something, even if I haven't been turning out finished objects with any regularity. I have a sneaking suspicion you're really going [...]
Restraint
In a fit of unexpected restraint, I managed to purchase only two yarns at the Great Lakes Fiber Show. Well, three skeins, but two of them are the same and will be used to make a pair of socks, so that's practically only one skein, right? And they're both eye shatteringly bright. We'll pretend it's a nod to the resurgence of neon, ok? Up at the top there is Superwash Merino Worsted by Fiber Optic Yarns in the color Ellie. Yes, that's a thick yarn, and yes I'm likely going to make socks with it. I love thick socks, both [...]
More Critters
Earlier this month, we visited Maryland Sheep & Wool and got in our yearly recommended dose of sheepy goodness. Yesterday, we stopped by the Great Lakes Fiber Show to round out our furry animal intake. We also consumed our yearly ration of sugar-coated fried dough products (yes I know funnel cakes will kill you, but I'm hoping that eating half of one every other year will kill me fairly slowly). These cuties were freshly shorn and wanted to show off for the camera: I just can't get over their fluffy giant heads on their tiny skinny necks. They look like [...]
Summer Sale
Somehow it slipped my mind that it's a holiday weekend and the unofficial start of summer and all those lovely things. Just to ward off any of that silly 'the summer isn't for knitting' nonsense, I thought I'd have a little sale to encourage you to keep right on knitting, despite the thermometer! So from now till the end of the day (eastern time) on May 31, all the individual patterns and small collections (so everything except the two big books) are 40% off. All you have to do is go here, find what you like, and add it to [...]
Stash Augmentation
The Great Lakes Fiber Show is this weekend. We're planning to head down first thing tomorrow morning (and hopefully beat the worst of the heat). I'm seriously considering trying to bring back the parasol. Maybe some sort of frilly one like these? Outside is much less obnoxious without Day Star the Oppressor's burning rays beating down on me. Think I could pull it off? Anybody else going to the show?
Science
We have two sage plants in our back yard. They're at least four years old and they're huge and vigorous and more or less indestructible. They started blooming early this month, and by this weekend they were covered in purple flowers. Now, you're supposed to pick the flowers off before they bloom. Something about making more leaves that way. We don't need any more leaves (and we're kind of lazy), so we're not all that good about the flower thing. But Saturday we were doing yard stuff, and in a fit of unusual diligence, The Boy picked all the flowers [...]
Success
We had the photo shoot. I remembered to bring both the camera and all the knitting. No one died of heat stroke. We did not get arrested (opinions vary on whether we were, strictly speaking, allowed to be in that building at that time). All in all, the day was a rousing success. Oh, and we got good pictures too! These are just a few of the favorites of the moment. There are lots more to be seen later. Tumult cowl: Clamor hat: Uproar cuff:
Think Clouds
Ok all, the photo shoot for the mini book is tomorrow. I actually sewed the buttons on today (rather than waiting till tomorrow morning). All I have left to do now is lint roller everything one more time and finalize the shot list. What I'd like all of you to do is wish us up some clouds. It's supposed to be warm and sunny. I'd prefer cool and breezy myself. I can manage the warm if I have to, but it will be easier to get the pics I want if it's not too sunny. Of course we've got lots [...]
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