well well well it’s been awhile. i didn’t mean to not write in so long, the weeks have just been flying by! my mom came to visit last weekend – her first time ever in portland. so i took her to all my favorite places and we had a super fun time. sucked that it rained almost the whole time, then cleared up as soon as she left, but other than that it was a great time. she even got 4 things from the bins!
the leethal thing i’ve been focusing on these last few weeks is finally ready to be revealed! i only have one in my store so far, but plan to add more in the very near future…. they are: hand-dyed recycled yarn knit kits! the kits all include one or more knitting pattern(s) and yarn that i unraveled from sweaters and dyed with food coloring and/or kool-aid. and some will include stitch markers too, depending on the pattern.
so right now my store has one of the kit that i made for the holiday sampler – a bracelet mini-kit. for each kit that i make and put up for sale, i’ll post a blog entry, with photos of the finished item and possibly a pattern sample… and then kit-buyers can comment with pictures of their finished items. so i’ll be posting more details about the bracelet kit later tonight.
coming very soon will be a stripy ninja mitt kit, a 2-color hat kit with 4 different pattern variations, a cuff kit (which will be like the little bracelets, but fatter and with a couple versions), a striping spiral hat kit with 4 different pattern variations, and possibly some kind of neck warmer. i’m really excited about them!
here are what the little bracelet kit samples look like:
and speaking of the sampler, gosh i love those girls! they featured me in a samplergram a couple weeks ago (woo!!) and i want to quote what jennicakes said because it made me laugh so hard! “Have you ever wondered where to find a clock that could double as a blanket for your cat? Me too! That’s why I’m so excited about the November Samples from leethal! In addition to fabric clock kits, there are a whole mess of coffee and tea patches! As a quilter, I can’t always find samples that I can integrate into my work, so I’ve been staring at these and inventing little projects in my head all morning!” ok so the part about the clock cat blankets was the best, but i’m also excited about this whole quilting with my patches concept. since i don’t do quilting, i never thought of that, so i was happy to read the idea! yay sampler!
i also wanted to mention another of my favorite crafty people…. cosy! i’ve been way behind on my blog-reading, so when i was catching up i was so happy to see that she nominated me for a “makes me smile” award. since her blog is most definitely one of my favorites – her knitting is so beautiful and inspiring – i’m so honored that she listed my blog! you should definitely check out her stuff; i love her hats so so much, and i can’t wait for her book!
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