Several months ago Amy’s Kitchen asked if I’d make a bag out of their burrito wrappers, similar to the Trick or Tote from my Kiwi Mag column. The timing Gods were not with me however, so it took me FOREVER to get to it. I finally sent it in a couple of weeks ago, and thanksbegoodness, they were happy enough with it to put it up on their site! If you’re an Amy’s food fan (and if you’re not, clearly you’ve never tried their goodies) and find yourself with a collection of wasted wrappers, don’t ditch ’em– stitch ’em! Get the free instructions here.
Burrito Bag
Unrelated, thanks to all of you who sent me birthday wishes yesterday on this blog, Ravelry, MySpace and Facebook! They made me feel all gushy-mushy inside. 🙂
Yesterday was a happy celebration filled with facials, friends, and silly phone messages. I also got some amazing gifts including, a hand-made wallet, lightening-bolt necklace, and honorary donation to Heifer International from my editor, Valerie. Good stuff.
The day ended with a dinner with close friends at a local restaurant, El Chili. We had a great time although unfortunately, the enchiladas made a few of us sick, later that evening. No Bueno.
Under the category of awesomeness though, my friend Jaime made me this kick-arse yarn cake (lemon cake, light on the frosting–just how I like it!) I *heart* my creative friends!
Jennifer, Tina & Jen A. from ACM were all there, as was Jody (the photographer from Not Another Teen Knitting Book) and Jenny M. (aka Websy Daisy). See more pictures on my Flickr pool, here.
Another thanks to all of you who have and will participate in the 35 for my 35th giveaway (scroll down to one post below this, if you don’t know what I’m talking about)! I’ll post the winners, shortly after Thanksgiving.
I’m off to do dishes, watch Oprah, and knit a wrist warmer. Have a good night!
It’s hard to believe it’s already been almost a year since Vickie’s Wednesday’s Snood pattern came out. We’re excited, though, to be able to revisit it with our new kits! Snap to it! (Link in bio, or go to YarnYAY.com)...
I am devastated by the loss of @hillcountryweavers founder, Susanne Middlebrooks.
I wrote a longer tribute to her on my blog and Facebook (links in bio). In short, though, she had been sick for a long time but had been a master at not letting the illness get in the way of her living. So, it was often unimaginable that she wouldn't be with us for longer. Last June during an industry convention in Chicago when Susanne came over to the bar booth I was sitting at and plopped herself next to me to chat, I had no idea that it would be the last time I'd get to see her. I'm so thankful though, that when we parted ways to go back to our respective meetings, it was with a hug. Rest in purls, my friend....
When I came across this Knitting Needle Patent greeting card by @patentpress , I couldn’t resist selecting it as one of the items for the YarnYAY! September box! (Link in @vickiehowell bio or got to YarnYAY.com)
What looks like part circular knitting needle, part Tunisian crochet hook is illustrated as the patent drawing for flexible knitting needles. This greeting card memorializes the creation of tools that we stitchers can now, not do without!...
The sample yarn for both palettes of this year’s 12 Days of YAY! Advent Box have arrived. I cannot wait for stitchers to open up a new color everyday!
I don’t want to spoil the shade surprises, but I can share just how much yarn we’re sending you this year — FIFTEEN mini hanks of beautifully hand dyed yarn, by two rad boss-lady dyers.
Historically, we have sold out of these so I’d you’re prone to FOMO, be sure to pre-order tour 12 Days of YAY!