Hey Portland people, and everyone traveling to Portland for this weekend’s Rose City Yarn Crawl, I want to let you know I’ll be making a few appearances throughout the weekend and I’m excited to be a part of this whole thing! Yeah! Besides having some patterns in the prize basket mix, I’ll be having trunkContinue reading “Rose City Yarn Crawl and what I’m up to these days…”
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Knitting-related events and updates for this busy time of year…
Quick post here to just show+tell you a few things… first, super last minute, but I’ve mentioned it before, if you’re in Seattle I hope to see you at Knit Fit! this weekend! I’ll be teaching Self-Publishing on Saturday (tomorrow) afternoon, then hosting a Game Knitting night Saturday night, then teaching the Sideways Edge Cast-onContinue reading “Knitting-related events and updates for this busy time of year…”
Mystery shawl knit-a-long!!
It’s beginning! Well, it’s in the very beginning stages of beginning, but yeah, you can now sign up for the leethal mystery shawl 2012 knit-a-long! Woooo! The knitting won’t actually begin until October 1st, but if you sign up now you’ll get the week 0 pdf with all the yarny info you need to decideContinue reading “Mystery shawl knit-a-long!!”
Twitter mystery KAL pattern revealed: Orthogonal!
Well the twitter mystery knit-a-long came to an end on Friday, and I think it was a success! If you joined, I hope you had fun! If you didn’t know about it in time, I plan to do it again in the future! (Keep up with the leethal ravelry group if you want to knowContinue reading “Twitter mystery KAL pattern revealed: Orthogonal!”
February photos a day!
I did this photo a day project thing for fun in February, over on my Tumblr, so I’ve gathered my favorite shots from the month together in one place over here. A bit belated, but you know, time flies and whatnot… Here are Banzo’s paws held up by Pete’s hand, just how she likes itContinue reading “February photos a day!”
Pacific Northwest travels and other stuff and things
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks! I’ve taken several overnight trips for various purposes, to places as exciting as Seattle and as boring as Salem. I went up north to Washington with my buddies Star, Vivian, and Marcia, for the purpose of going to Madrona fiber arts retreat in Tacoma, but I think hangingContinue reading “Pacific Northwest travels and other stuff and things”
Pendleton scrap blanket (and matching pillow)!
Awhile back, Susan blogged about a blanket she made with scraps from the Pendleton Woolen Mill Store, I thought it was fabulous, and Pete completely fell in love with it. He’s been a bit Pendleton obsessed since he started getting really into men’s fashion a couple years ago… So we started taking trips over toContinue reading “Pendleton scrap blanket (and matching pillow)!”
Happy 2012! Here’s what’s up in leethal land…
How’s your 2012 going so far? Mine is off to a slooooow start, but I feel like it’s just about to start taking off! I wanted to jump in here after my long delay with kind of a catch-up post, with some stuff I’ve been up to so far this year, and random bits andContinue reading “Happy 2012! Here’s what’s up in leethal land…”
What’s to come and some random bits…
Hope you are having a good holiday-ish week! I am hanging at my parents’ house in Orange County for a couple weeks, hoping to get tons of knitting and ebook photo editing done, between silly times with my brothers and California adventures with my parents… Just wanted to kind of check in here since notContinue reading “What’s to come and some random bits…”
Class, interviews, and knit shawls!
Oh gosh, stuff has been piling up. First, for Portlanders, I’m teaching a class on my sideways edge cast-on, and sideways bind-off (used in Betiko and Wild is the Wind), at Twisted on Tuesday November 29th. See all Twisted class info here. If you like the idea of the technique, but can’t wrap your headContinue reading “Class, interviews, and knit shawls!”