The Proper Tools (with Eucalan Giveaway)
This Friday and Saturday, I'll be off clambering over buildings, perching innocent friends on precarious railings, and spending way too much time lint rollering other people. In other words, it's the photoshoot for KCC3. That means the last few days have been a giant blocking extravaganza here at Chez Violence. Just because I'm currently going a bit crazy doesn't mean you should suffer though. In fact, I've actually got a little treat for you. Read on for a giveaway of one of my favorite blocking goodies. (Knitting pictures kept intentionally tiny because while I love you all, I don't want [...]
Smitten Slipper
The first of the slippers is finished up. I find myself quite smitten. I also find myself completely unable to take an attractive picture of my own foot while sitting on my back porch in my pajamas in the rain. Perhaps these will at least give the idea and prove the thing is done. These are made with Knitspot's lovely Bare Naked Wools (Breakfast Blend DK on the top, plus Romney DK on the sole). It's the perfect yarn for these (snuggly, squishy, sturdy, and just a bit grippy). [ETA: Either I'm having a special moment, or this went and [...]
Smaht Fahm (in pictures)
A little while ago, I got a handy dandy email telling me about a local event I might be interested in. An Alpaca Day. An Alpaca Day at a local farm. The Boy and I piled into the car, made a fortifying breakfast stop, and were on our way. We arrived to find there were indeed alpacas. Alpacas who were happy to receive our offerings. But alpacas were not the only critters to be found. There were also guard kittens. Fearsomely cute guard kittens (who very much liked their ears scratched). And chickens (who did not so much want their [...]
Cinderella’s More Practical Footwear
I'm not the glass slipper type. In fact, I'm not really the shoe type (and certainly not dressy shoes). I'm much more inclined towards soft, snuggly slippers. Soft, snuggly slippers, worn at home, while sipping tea, and in the company of a sleeping kitten if at all possible. That sounds much better than any fancy dress shoe, no matter how smashing the ball might be. So I shouldn't have been that surprised when I found myself knitting a slipper. A warm, woolly slipper. A warm, woolly slipper with a thick, reinforced sole and some lovely ribbing to follow the arch [...]
Delias eucharis Knit Along
I’ll be having knit alongs for each of the pattern pairs in The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet, Volume II. This month we're starting the two patterns inspired by the Delias eucharis print. To start, we've got some delicious cabled socks (I loved them so much they had to go on the cover). And if you're not feeling the sock vibe, this hat is equally enchanting. These are both made with yarns from the always charming Plucky Knitter, and yes I do happen to have a beautiful skein of her yarn to give away to a lucky winner at the end of [...]
Stuffed
Labels are being applied and envelopes are being stuffed. The bench on the front porch is groaning under the weight of the books piled upon it (or maybe that's the postman groaning at the thought of all these books). But either way, the books are going out today. They should start reaching you next week. Thanks to all of you who preordered. Be sure to come back over the next few weeks as I introduce some of the yarns and tell you a bit more about the projects (and yes, yes there will be giveaways). Just a few more rounds [...]
Arrival
Remember how I said this whole book launch thing is happening this week (instead of, say, next month) because the printer got the books done early? And so the books would be arriving at my house early...super duper early? Well this is what it looks like when the (rather overworked) UPS guy brings a book. That's one stack of boxes. One rather tall stack of boxes. There are others you can't quite see from here. After the requisite amount of squeeing and dancing (if you're not allowed to do a happy dance when a new book comes, I'm not sure [...]
Ne’er-Do-Well Knits
May I present Ne'er-Do-Well Knits: Make a Little Trouble. You guys have watched the patterns in this one come together over the last year or so, and you have not been shy about asking when they would be out (especially those cabled socks on the front, they seem to be a fave). I kept saying 'fall' and 'soon,' and you were very gracious about waiting. Well there's no need to wait any more. You can get the book now. I am doing a little preorder, but it's only for three days. During those three days, you'll get three dollars off [...]
Ne’er-Do-Well Knits preorder details
Two orders of business today. One is getting you all the details of the Ne'er-Do-Well Knits preorder so you can grab it tomorrow at the reduced price. But, first...and far more important, super adorable bonus kitten shot. That's from a little adventure we had this weekend, the details of which will be shared later this week. But it seemed cruel not to just go ahead and get that level of adorable out to the world right away. So there you go, hope that starts your week off right. Now, on to business. Preorders. Yes I'm doing one, but I'm keeping [...]
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