It’s been a wonderful year. Busy.
I hope that each of you will enjoy a prosperous and healthy 2009. Later this evening, before I go to bed, I’ll restore regular pricing to the Socks and Lace page, As I mentioned, there’s been an overwhelmingly wonderful response to the $20.08 end-of-year special sale, and I appreciate it [...]
Y’all KNOW how much I love the Darn Pretty Needles, right? And that Tom Diak sent me a sampler pack with several sizes, right? I gave one set away (the size 2s) as a drawing prize but I have used the rest, and then Dez recently sent me another set of size 1s for [...]
Wheeeee!
Y’member the other day I announced I was have a special end of year sale, all new socks and lace were marked down to just $20.08? Well…. y’all read it, and believed it, and ordered it. That’s a GOOD thing. And I’ve had to call the mill to seriously replenish my supplies of socks, and [...]
Well, people. I must be off my rocker. Yes indeed!
In honor of 2008, ALL SOCKS AND LACE have been reduced to $20.08. But that’s only until December 31. After that you will not see 2008 (OR $20.08 prices) again! That’s almost 20% off! Yikes! That only counts for new orders for hand-dyed [...]
Did y’all survive the Christmas holiday? If not, please tell me where to send condolences. hehehehehe
I don’t observe Christmas, so I had the day to myself pretty much. And, because of the wacky screwy up and down weather, I wasn’t able to get a lot of work-work done. We’ve been up to the 80s and [...]
Okay, it is three days until the world shuts down for Christmas.
That gives me 3 days to prepare for the GREAT KNITIVITY AFTER-CHRISTMAS SALE starting on Friday.
In the meantime, I have this to deal with and occupy my brainpower:
It is a set of 6 skeins of Biagio Solids in 85% wool / 15% mohair.
The one [...]
Yesterday we had temperatures nearing 80°F. This morning it is down in the 40s, and we’re supposed to be in the low 30s tomorrow. Holy CRAP!
But look what I finished last night:
And they both fit! I totally LOVE the swirly stripes. As a reminder these were knit on size 1.5 DPNs (Darn Pretty Needles, by [...]
Check it out:
Just a thumb remains to be done. And that’s cool all by itself.
And it’s cool that the stripes are spiraling around like they are supposed to. And they sorta-kinda match, too, in a fraternal twin sorta way, huh?
But do you see what is REALLY cool about these?
Look closely.
No, no — not the missing [...]
Okay, scraping the last of the ready-dyed stuff, I have a few yummy-licious goodies for you. This is a BLOG READER SPECIAL, which means it only lasts until I put it on the Specials Page in the next 24-36 yours. Same rules apply — be the first to claim one or more, I’ll send you [...]
This week, this month, this year… it’s all flown by SO QUICKLY!
I get busy doing one thing, and then something else comes up, and then another something.
I’m about half-way up the hand on the 2nd mitten. Hopefully I can finish it today (with good luck and a fair wind). You can see it is farther [...]
Y’member I’ve mentioned Darn Pretty needles several times? And y’member I was talking about stocking them?
Well, that didn’t happen (largely because I don’t have the capital to stock a bunch of them — although Tom did send me a few samples, some of which I’ve given as drawing prizes).
Anyway, I just found out that there [...]
I’m surprised that the 2nd mitten is moving right along:
And I am really REALLY liking how my sock yarns make a swirl when knit on 72 stitches around. That is just too cool!
And so far, only ONE person has ordered a skein of sock yarn qualifying for the free pattern. I’m surprised. I figured more [...]
After the recent comedy of errors, ordering worsted and receiving sock yarns, ordering sport weight and getting sock yarns, I thought we had it all worked out. Even my account file at the mill has a note attached: “Make sure K verifies the weight and tags the yarns before shipping.”
So I’ve got this order for [...]
Okay, so I finished the first mitten yesterday, and in between dyeing yarns today I have to hurry and finish the other one. Mr. Weatherguy just announced a cold front moving in. It’s mid-60s now, but will be mid-40s by noon. Well, CRAP! That is just SO NOT FAIR!
But having knit one I know I [...]
Check it out –
Colleen suggested I try to make a mitten from sock yarn. So I did! Isn’t it cool! Only took a few days, too!
I want to make sure everyone has a chance to make a pair of these Sock Yarn Mittens, so I’m giving everyone a copy … with an order for one [...]
All of these can be shipped almost immediately.
ADDED: The Blog-Reader Specials are over, as noted in the subsequent post (above). I’ve now removed the links for claiming the specials. My apologies for any confusion
Okay… PICTURES!
It’s taken me most of the day just to get pictures suitable for showing. Tomorrow they will land on the Specials [...]
Geez, I just realized it’s been 4 days since posting. Yes, busy-busy around here.
This is what I’m working on, as noted in a previous post:
Yup, it’s a mitten from sock yarns. Very cool. And snug. And nice. I’m trying to finish it today so that I can write up the pattern by this evening. I’ve [...]
Been busy reskeining and packing orders — another half dozen or so went out today and I was about to stamp some more when my stamps.com program bombed out and I had to restart the computer and the mail carrier came along to collect the packages I had ready at that moment. This wasn’t my [...]
As noted in the little semi-regularly updated picture up in the corner, I went back to the Van Dyke.
On my way to the postal station to mail off some goodies (Yaayyyy), then have to return home to pack up a bunch of other goodies (yyaaaayyyyyy), order more yarns (yyaaaaayyyyy), and then figure out [...]
for a little “fireside” chat…
I’m busy today, mostly wrapping and packing. Thought I had enough materials for today’s dye session, but I was mistaken. Grrrrr…. so I need to add those items to the other stuff I need to get tomorrow when I go make groceries.
Never mind, it’s not like I’ve nothing else to do! [...]
