New mini-ebook: First 4 months of Club Patterns!

Oh goodness, I have not been able to keep up with everything while Pete’s on vacation!  I’ve been working on deadline-y projects whenever I can squeeze it in, and I’ve spent the last many days (week? I don’t even know) working on this project I’m about to announce, bit by bit, but I’ve been completelyContinue reading “New mini-ebook: First 4 months of Club Patterns!”

5 Years Together and a fun+quick Card Project!

Exactly 5 years ago today, I met up with an old college radio acquaintance at a coffee shop in Costa Mesa for a non-date that ended up lasting 6 hours.  And the rest is history! These are some oooold old old shots of us, mostly from our first few months together in 2005.  February isContinue reading “5 Years Together and a fun+quick Card Project!”

Ebook Review + Giveaway! Card. Paper. Ribbon.

I’m so happy to tell you about this new ebook by Kristin Roach, of Craft Leftovers! Card. Paper. Ribbon. is a fabulous 63 page pdf ebook, packed with well photographed and illustrated how-tos for projects like turning used wrapping paper into “papercloth” and then sewing it into awesome things…… …..combining used gift wrapping ribbon withContinue reading “Ebook Review + Giveaway! Card. Paper. Ribbon.”

New Conversation-Friendly Comment System, plus thoughts on Free

Ok, it’s a fact: I am a terrible blog host when it comes to comments.  I love getting them, as all bloggers do, but I just suck at responding, so I’ve done something to change that!  The main reason I’m awful at replying is that the way my wordpress commenting has always worked made itContinue reading “New Conversation-Friendly Comment System, plus thoughts on Free”

Stitch Set Winners plus a Free Puzzle for all!

Ok stitch set giveaway winners have been picked!  I used the random number generator when I should have used the sequence generator, since I was choosing 9, so I ended up with duplicates.  As you can see below, I chose 3 more to replace the duplicates, and one of those was yet another duplicate, soContinue reading “Stitch Set Winners plus a Free Puzzle for all!”

January 24th – 31st photos

I’m going a bit out of order to start with some yummy yarniness!  Lots more knitting this week, plus more taxes….. 24th + 30th handspun for myself! Wooo yeah!  It’s a self-striping single, mostly my hand-dyed bfl wool; haven’t named it yet, but it is for a specific project, so I’m excited to start knittingContinue reading “January 24th – 31st photos”

More Stitch Set Giveaways!

Ok time for those giveaways I’ve been talking about!  First, Diane is giving away a stitch set of your choice on CraftyPod blog!  Such fun comments to read, answering the question “which of your favorite crafts feels most game-like to you?” And, Mr X Stitch blog is giving away another one, along with 2 otherContinue reading “More Stitch Set Giveaways!”

Craft Tools Stitch Sets Giveaway!

Ok, giveaway time!  So there will be more stitch set giveaways happening on other blogs this week, which I’ll be sure to let you know about – for those, the winners will get to choose their set themes, so for mine I’m doing something a little different… I have 3 Craft Tools sets in theContinue reading “Craft Tools Stitch Sets Giveaway!”

January leethal quick knits club!

A little belated – I sent these out on the 12th – but that means everyone’s gotten them by now for sure, so I won’t be spoiling anyone’s surprise!  (It also means you only have a few more days to sign up for February!)  My club theme for January was keeping warm, so everything tiedContinue reading “January leethal quick knits club!”

Stitch Set Giveaway(s)!

So are you liking those connect-the-dots stitch sets?  Want a chance to win one?  How about several chances?!  Today, Alice at futuregirl is having the first in a week full of giveaways!  Well, maybe not totally full, but there will be at least a few more… so stayed tuned throughout the week!  For now, headContinue reading “Stitch Set Giveaway(s)!”