almost next year already

bah...I am such a bad blogger lately. Are you ready? ok, let's go!!!

First, I'll start by telling you all about a wonderful Minneapolis artist Wendy Petersen aka Claire Monet. I met Wendy at the Handmade Market I organized at the Beat Coffee House in Uptown. She started a facebook fan page, and offered a free prize to one of the first 25 who became fans. Of course I did right away, and wouldn't you know it, I won!! The prize was not one, but two tshirts: a purple long sleeved "oh minneapolis" and a short sleeved "ergslaymation". She also included a screenprint of "oh minneapolis" that got a little banged up by my good friends at the post office, but I'm going to frame it anyway and hang it on my wall. I do hope that I get to hang out with her again sometime soon :)

And now for some Christmas knits:

Ridgeback Mitts for niece Libby:

Corset Mitts for niece Alysa...I also posted these for custom orders in my Etsy shop.

Lucky Mitts for niece Alison...fuzzy photo alert:

Lapis Cable hat for my sister Katrina and Chunky Chartreuse Cowl for my sister Kelly

I didn't get a photo of my mom's scarf because I had wrapped it already...

Decembering....

Just posted to the shop:

i was holding off on this one for while, because i wasn't extremely happy with the photos. Dark colors don't photograph easily, and bright sunshine make me look all squinty and pale. But it's been really cold lately and this is probably one of the warmest hats i've made.

going to try to get some more stuff up tonight :)

in other news-ish things:
.Frank is giving an art talk at St Johns tomorrow afternoon so we get to go out of town...woot!
.i got my Daniel Smith gift certificate in the mail...now i have to take inventory of all my art supplies to see what i need.
.Swell Season concert is on saturday
.Grumpier Old Men is playing in the living room.
.playing with weaving some novelty yarns...might show a photo of my results.

have a great night!

random numbers and some other quick notes

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Yesterday I sold two of my new Felt Bead Pendant necklaces :) And this one was featured in treasury the morning after i posted it. Go Me!

I will probably doing some "black friday sale" type thing...

oh and I did some quick thinking packaging that I was quite proud of:


And I got a really nice printer:



Today I:
-got some beautiful Hobbledehoy batts in the mail.
-won a gift certificate from Daniel Smith for following them on twitter. They are pretty much the best art supply store in the land...I miss working for them sometimes...

Lately we have been moving the apartment furnishings around. Since we rarely have people over, we decided to move our bed into the living room, because it's warmer and it's nice to sit in bed and watch movies on our gigantic projection tv instead of falling asleep on the couch while doing so. (ps...my arms are still aching from moving that couch) So all of our clothes will be in the living room, and I will have...drumroll.......
A room for knitting & spinning!!! We already moved my yarn/fiber shelf and I reorganized everything. It looks so lovely :) And I'm sure i will be able to get a lot of spinning done this winter and will probably put a few things up on my Etsy shop.

~k

finally some up to date updating

New Etsy items posted in the shop today!
Some lovely recycled and felted wool pendants:


These are affordable as well, only $12 plus Free Shipping if you are a blog/twitter subscriber!
Canadian shipping is only $10. I will also be posting some earrings as well.

Oh and since I've been lax on the blog posting lately, here is a update from the last couple of months:
-spun up a few hanks of yarn from some Cosy and Hobbledehoy roving.
-had a wonderful time at the Handmade Market:


- was in an Etsy Treasury and made the front page a few weeks ago:
-made a few sales :)
-didn't get the fiber art grant that I applied for, but there is always next year, and you never know unless you try, right?

Special Shipping Offers...

$10 shipping to Canada until Christmas! (going to test the waters)

FREE US shipping for twitter/blog followers through the November 30th :)

Toasty knits to keep you warm.

Accessories to be posted soonish.

I take requests :)

Actual content coming soon, I promise...until then here's a fuzzy photo of me with long hair singing in Indy...

a stick up! and FREE Shipping :)

The first of the Bus Stop Bandits are now up in my shop



These are so nice, because they don't get all bunched up if you are wearing a hooded coat, like a scarf would...and they are incredibly warm. Plus, you can wear them like a hat, too.
I'm hoping to get some good photos of the felt bead necklaces and earrings soon...maybe tonight...and i still have a ton of knits to put up...so much to do.
I'm also offering Free USPS Priority shipping to all my blog & twitter followers through Nov. 30th.

In other news:
-finished the hats for Sarah & Amy...this one is Sarah's:

now just got to start Katrina's...and knitting for family people.
-frank and i are going to be rearranging out furniture again...so i will be getting my very own knitting room yay! :)
-have to wait another couple of weeks before i find out who got the grants that i applied for
-have to start working on the Sketchbook Project
-hoping the winter won't be too bad...looking for a new(used) car
-still thinking about writing a book...

bits of strings

going to be adding these beauties to my Etsy soonish.
for now, they might help me get the grant that i'm working on :)
they are made from leftover pieces of string too small to card and spin again or overwashed (ie starting to felt already) bits of roving: