Luck of the Draw
Having fortified ourselves with pancakes (to do otherwise would be bordering on irresponsibility), we headed out to the Black Swamp Spinner's Guild Market Day. This year, they started charging a tiny (one dollar) entrance fee. Given what goes into organizing something like this, I think that's totally reasonable, and we were happy to pay it. After we handed over our entrance fee, they had us write our names on little raffle tickets and dropped them into a bin. My natural inclination in such cases is to write something ridiculous like Isabella Imogen Perseverance Paddington, but this time I actually wrote [...]
Blue
One of the questions I get most often is 'where's the blue?' or some variation on that. I usually wriggle and squirm and more or less decline to answer. The truth is that I'm not a big fan of blue. I realize that most people like it, but it's just never done much for me. There are all sorts of other colors that grab me more (like orange, have you seen all the oranges out there--and gray, how can you waste any time on blue when there are dozens and dozens and dozens of grays to explore). Now for KCC, [...]
Dash
I'm dashing off to the Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day and Fiber Fair tomorrow. I went last year and found a few treats. Apparently the yarn there is destined to make good hats. It's where I got the yarn for Lauren's hat and for my hat, and I've actually got an experimental hat on the needles from the third skein of yarn I got there. I'm specifically hunting for more pencil roving (I should have had plenty left over, but it suffered the affections of Barry and is no longer usable). I'm also looking for a good place to [...]
Out for Delivery
The Fex Ex website assures me that the proofs for Book the Second are on the truck and out for delivery right now. Right this very minute (that being 9:04 am). It also assures me that they will be here by 10:30 this morning. I am perched in my office (which looks out over the front yard) so I can see and hear any trucks that swing by. I've left a note on the door saying I am home. My carrier has a history of walking up, not ringing the doorbell, and leaving the infuriatingly cheery 'sorry we missed you' [...]
Unexpected Appeal
It seems some of you want to make the eggs. I'm not likely the best person to help with this, as I don't crochet, and I've never once made clothes for an egg. But, never fear, the internet can help. There seems to be a picture of a pattern (that might make sense to crocheters), as well as a pretty shot of some more eggs, over here. It makes no sense to me, but I'm crochet-challenged. Also, if you go here (that's a link to a shutterstock search), you'll find several really great close up photos of crocheted eggs. On [...]
Kittens are Punks, Part I
I preface this by saying first, it's my own damn fault. Do keep that in mind as we go along. But, with that in the back of your mind, I posit that kittens are punks. The other day, I was doing something in the basement. I have no idea what at this point. Laundry is most likely, but I don't actually think that was it. Whatever it was, I happened to remember that I had some boxes of easter eggs down there. Now if you know me, this is really rather surprising. I don't celebrate easter. I don't decorate for [...]
The Venerable Tweed
My father has a sweater. Well no, he has lots of sweaters. But our tale here concerns one sweater in particular. It is a rather well aged sweater. As far as we can tell, it's a few years older than me (and I am shockingly old, it surprises me more or less every time I think of it). This sweater has fared amazingly well. Alas, this winter, it seems to have finally started to show a bit of wear around the edges (I know the feeling). A few stitches at the collar wore right away. Once those stitches blew, the [...]
Balance
You guys rock. The response to the book has been tremendous. I can't thank you enough. It's been amazing to read all of your messages and emails. But, because the universe seeks balance, it apparently needed to kick me in the teeth to make up for all the fun of the last few days. Yesterday, shortly after hitting update on the book's ravelry page, I staggered off to the walk in clinic. Turns out I have an absolutely killer cold that has settled in my chest. The doctor said she could hear me wheezing from across the room and was [...]
Now We Are Three
Three years ago, I sat up way too late throwing together a quick website. The goal of the site was to provide a convenient place to host a little free pattern for a pair of socks I'd whipped up. I liked the socks, and I thought a few other folks might like them too. I had enjoyed writing the pattern, and I thought I might want a space to share any other patterns that happened to occur to me. I didn't think I'd do it often. Two years ago, I had just signed a book contract and was up to [...]
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