Looming
Sorry for the radio silence over the last few days. I'm finishing up a big stage of the behind-the-scenes stuff for KCC2. The bulk of it goes off to the layout artist on September 1, which means I need to have it, say...finished...by September 1. Wait...I did tell you guys I was doing a sequel, right? Cause I totally am. And it's totally almost done. Now you'd think, that since I've known about this deadline for months, I'd have everything well finished by now and would be lounging about, sipping iced beverages on the patio, having pedicures and massages, and [...]
Happy News
I'm going to share a very happy sentence with you. Ready? 'My local brewery is starting a knitting night.' See? Isn't that an awesome sentence? You can say it a few more times to savor it properly if you'd like. I'll wait. The brewery in question is The Bottle House. They're recently opened and just down the street from me. The beer is delicious, and they have different food trucks in the parking lot every night (or you can bring your own food in if you're feeling like having a picnic). It's looking like the first knitting night will be [...]
Stacks
Aiming for once a month on these, at least until they stop being amusing. Part of the stacks series, and as always click for the bigger version. Books show are What is Cultural History, A History of Our Time (mine is an older version, the link is to the most recent one), and In Small Things Forgotten. And, if you're in the mood for a podcast, you can head over to The Yarn Thing Podcast and listen to Marly and I chat. I've got a wee package of goodies to send off to whoever wins the drawing we talk about, [...]
Rabble Rousers Yarn Giveaway, Last Chance
Giving all this yarn away has been so much fun. Well, there may possibly have been the occasional teeny tiny twinge when I mail out the oh-so-pretty goodies, but that's only to be expected. The fun parts far outweigh any such ignoble feelings. I must see if I can do this again some time! But now, just to end things on a bang, the good folks at Malabrigo were kind enough to send me 3 skeins of Arroyo to give away today. This is the yarn I used for the Ruction cowl and mitts in Rabble Rousers. It was, as [...]
Sidetracked
The sock, it is not yet finished. It was a productive weekend in lot of other ways though (if by productive you'll take 'relaxing' and 'enjoyable'), so I'll pretend I don't mind the delay. This is, of course, a filthy lie and the delay is actually driving me bonkers. But until we get that time machine sorted out, it will have to do. But, I do have the ability to start Monday out on a good note for at least two people, Brenda (goodstuff on rav) and Anna have won the Handmaiden from last week. And, as a little goody [...]
Bits and Pieces
There is absolutely no coherent theme to my life this week. This means there is very little in the way of cohesion in the blog posts either. Sorry guys, it's that sort of day week life. So, in no particular order: Rabble Rousers is up on amazon now if you happen to feel a terrible itch to buy it there as opposed to from me directly (sometimes it's easier for folks overseas, so I like to have both options for everyone). The marvelous Carol Sulcoski has a review of Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet (plus one to give away) if you're [...]
The Best Laid Plans
Going from 'hmm, well that's an idea' to 'hey, look, a book' is a lengthy process (a fair number of books actually get stuck somewhere in the middle and never make it out of brains and onto paper). There are a lot of interdependent steps and a lot of bits that are infuriatingly out of your own control. That's why I try really hard to build a fair amount of wiggle room into any date I give out publicly. You'll note I normally say 'next year' or 'spring' or just 'later.' It's easier that way. It doesn't disappoint anyone and [...]
Rabble Rousers Giveaway, Take Three
Do you guys mind if I do this giving yarn away thing again? I'm hoping not, because I'm having fun! I've got a skein of Handmaiden Silk Twist to give away. This is the yarn I used for the Tumult cowl in Rabble Rousers. I've loved Handmaiden (and their sister company, Fleece Artist) for just about as long as I've been knitting. They were one of my very first 'grown up' yarn purchases (the stuff that comes from a yarn store instead of from a generic craft store), and theirs are still the yarns I'm most likely to bring home [...]
More or Less a Sock
The weekend saw some serious sock progress. The lonely sock now has about 2/3 of a mate (just down past the gusset). I feel there should be some sort of tasteless joke in there, but I'll leave filling it in as an exercise for the reader. For today, I'll take the opportunity to let Lauren of Ruthie Pearl and Sue of Adlerwood Quilts know they've won the Plucky Knitter yarn (I've emailed both to ask for a mailing address). Now, if I could, I'd send yarn to all of you. I can't, but I can give you patterns. So, from [...]
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