Unable to resist
So you know those candles? The big ones in the pretty jars? The ones you see and think 'well gee after I burn the candle I'll be able to do something nifty with the container'? Then you burn the candle and shove the (waxy, sooty, possibly sticky depending on how [...]
Shiny
There are few things as deeply satisfying as pulling out the button jar, upending it on the table, and having a good root around for the perfect button. It's that perfect combination of thrifty (look how clever I am for having saved buttons, now I don't have to go buy [...]
Just go with it
Look, I've stopped fighting it. When I get the urge to knit something tiny and likely ridiculous, I pretty much just do it. Which is how I found myself, while recovering from what I fear was the flu, fiddling about with little bits of yarn, knitting envelopes. Because sure, why [...]
Loose ends
Heads up! Everything in my ravelry shop is 15% off through the end of the day, eastern time, January 1 with the code ALL TIED UP. That's partly in case someone missed your holiday present hints (or if you missed out on one of the countdown days). But it's mostly [...]
Cozy
The sun is setting just the tiniest little bit later. And I am soaking up all the light I can get. Here's hoping you're somewhere comfy and cozy doing something you like. Bonus points if it's something other people find the tiniest bit perplexing but you totally adore.
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Today only, Curls, Curls 2, and Curls 3 are all on sale on ravelry for 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN (the code works for any or all of them, just be sure you put them all in your cart at the same time if you want more than one). [...]
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Today only, the Fine Things for Plain Occasions on sale on ravelry for 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN. If you know me at all, you know this is the me-est book ever imaginable. Patterns based off of vintage etiquette guides? Check. Hardback book with a freaking ribbon bookmark? Check. [...]
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Today only, the Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet books (Volumes I, II, and III) are on sale on ravelry for 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN (it works for any or all of them, just put them all in your cart at once if you want more than one of them). Do [...]
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Today only, Silk Road Socks is on sale on ravelry for 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN. This is the book that started it all. Silk Road Socks was my very first book, way way way back when. I published it with someone else and well...well I've always been the opinionated [...]
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Today only, Firmament is on sale on ravelry for 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN. That hat, that one in the front there? That hat has a lot to answer for. It's by far my most popular individual pattern. And the response to it helped convince me that you would [...]
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