splityarn

always in progress

I know it's been forever since the last shop update, but I promise there's a good reason for it. Behind the scenes chez Splityarn it has been crazypants with fabric cutting and sewing.

 

Along with the next shop update, I'm also preparing for two events. The first I'll be selling at is the Squam Art Workshop in New Hampshire on June 6th. You don't have to be attending the workshops to come and play. In fact, there's going to be a big ol' Ravelry party that night too.

 

The second one I'm cranking out bags for is...(drumroll please) SOCK SUMMIT in August in Portland, Oregon. I'm kind of freaking out about it. I'm so excited! And also terrified! It's going to be like a world expo for knitting. So many knitters, all in one place. Have you seen the teachers list? Name an influential knitter and I swear they're going to be there teaching a class.

The vendor list for Sock Summit is amazing too. I'm honoured to have been chosen. I'm basically going to be sewing 6 days a week in preparation. So many boxbags! Wee pouches! Camera straps! It's blowing my mind a little. Actually, it's blowing my mind a lot.

eye candy friday, Soto Softies has been here edition

A good pal stopped by the other day to exchange some fabric and goodies and brought with her the perfect pick-me-up for my office. Lilacs! The studio smells amazing. Hurray spring! Thanks again, M, they're perfect.

sheep and wooly

Since I couldn't make it to Maryland this year for the Sheep and Wool festival, I decided a smaller, closer to home festival would totally work instead. Saturday morning Kellee and I jumped in the car and fueled by Dunkin' headed up to New Hampshire to hit the fairgrounds.

Ms Melanie met us at the gate and we wandered around for hours shopping and blocking the aisles while we ran into a few pals. If I was a better blogger, I'd have taken photos of all those folks we chummed around with, but no, camnesia strikes every time. Even the next day when Stitchy came up to play, I still didn't take any photos of humans. Maybe it's just the chill nature of NHSW? I have only this self-portrait from Sunday before we jumped back on the road to head home.

So instead of photos of my peeps, how about some goats?

Or alpaca?

Maybe sheep are more your thing?

we have a winner!

And many many thanks from me for all the lovely comments on my 5th blogiversary post. I'll be sending a boxbag to super cutie Whistlepea! Thanks again everybody! I'll have an update with last month's Brain Tumour Foundation donation totals too, I'm just tallying up the numbers.

 

I don't tend to post as regularly as I like here, but I'm hoping to work on that over the next year. I'm trying to set a semi-regular(ish) schedule for myself. In the meantime though, if you're ever wanting to know what I'm up to, there's a few other places to find me. I'm not saying I'm posting with any regularity in any of these other places, (other than flickr) but I usually pop up every now and then.

I've dressed up a fancypants little page on Facebook for Splityarn (you have to login and search for "Splityarn" They don't let you link directly.) I'm Tweeting occasionally. And my new favourite is trolling flickr for photos to add to the Splityarn in the Wild photo pool. If you have a photo of something splityarn-y out in the world, join the group and add the photo! I'm LOVING seeing all the goodies out in their new homes.

All the above photos courtesy of Bertha, Knancy and JulieFrick from the Splityarn in the Wild group on flickr.