Rebecca Danger

Busy, Busy!

Eeesh, no Terence KAL start today. I have been running around all day today, trying to get caught up, and again it is almost 9pm and I haven't gotten a chance to even look at Terence KAL stuff yet.

June seems to have become a nutty month for me, I have the Knitgirllls SSK coming up in just a couple weeks now so I am busy, busy getting ready for that, plus several other big things seem to be going on as well. Recently I have been trying to figure out how to get my 10'x10' booth display of yarn and patterns there. Shipping it? Extra suitcases? I keep going back and forth and much of the yarn I am taking has been ordered but isn't here yet, so I am not able to try different options for space. Which is driving me nuts since I don't actually know how much space I need! I did just look up how much shipping would cost though (based on best guesses) and I was horrified. So, I think suitcases it is. But I am still not 100% decided. It is starting to drive me batty though since I feel like it is all I think about anymore.

Alrighty, I am off to work on some class stuff for SSK! I will get to the KAL as soon as I can. Hopefully I will get more done tomorrow......

Home Sweet Home

Woo! I am glad to be home from a wild weekend! Traveling with a one year old is a trying experience. Let's just say there was not much sleep for me all weekend!

I did score 2 cute little things (that I am feeling too lazy to take a picture of so I am relying on amazon for some help here).

Monster Push Pops!

And a monster bowl! (Mine is red)

 

Fun!

Ok, I have gotten lots of requests for a KAL for Terence, so I am going to plan to do it. I think I will be slightly less detailed (like as far as what yarn to pick and needles and what-have-you), but I will get going on it tomorrow.

I have been working ALL DAY to catch up from being gone (even though I took my ipad with me and kept up on email all weekend). That's the problem with vacation when you are self-employed I find. But, I just crossed the last thing off my to-do list, so I am off to bind off my Storyteller and hopefully finish the sleeves tonight! Yeah!

Happy Holiday Weekend!

Thanks so much for yet another amazing pattern release! I am so glad you like Terence. He is definitely one of my favorites, although I was just working on the last dinosaur today, and I think he is my favorite....

Just a quick note to say I hope you all have a splendid, wonderful weekend filled with whatever you have planned! We are taking an impromptu trip to Long Beach (Wa) for a couple days. This will be the first "big" vacation with Peanut, so we will just have to see how that goes! He has not been enjoying the car much these days, so we may be in for many stops along the way.......I am currently (over) packing knitting projects. I am almost through my Storyteller hoodie, so I am trying to figure out what my next project is. I was starting to pack for SSK, since I am going to Tennessee in July, and being from the NW, I am a little freaked about the heat. I have made 2 "light" handknits to wear in the AC, and I am thinking I might try to get a third one done. My thought is I will have many hours in the car of knitting each way this weekend. The reality is I probably wont get much knitting in in the car, and I likely wont get through my storyteller. But that is not stopping me from bringing supplies for a Featherweight Cardigan, since I already have some yarn to get started on it!

 

Meet Terence the Tap Dancing T-Rex!

As promised, dino #2!

Yeah! Basil has been such a hit, I hope you all love Terence, too! He is another dancing dinosaur, which just tickles my funny bone and makes me chuckle every time I think about it. Dancing dinosuars, hee hee hee.

But, back to topic. Yes! Terence T-Rex is up in my etsy shop, and my website, and on Ravelry. He is also on sale for 4 bucks for the first month, like with Basil. Who he looks awesome with, by the way:

And what do you think would you like a KAL again for the tricky bits? I wasn't 100% planning one, since it was way more work than I expected last time, but if it was helpful for you I would be happy to do it again. Let me know (comment here, email, etc).

There you go, happy dino knitting!

Pattern Release Tomorrow! And A Yarn Winner....

Ok, first of all, I have a second dinosaur pattern to release tomorrow! Yeah!

Now down to business, random.org says the winner is.....

There were 179 comments, not including my "giveaway closed" one, so I counted back 13 from the last one to find the 166th comment. Which was funny, too!

The winner has been notified, and thank you so much to every one who entered! I am going to have to do more giveaways, this was too fun.....

See you tomorrow for more dino-rama!

PS: Ok, had to share a crazy cute moment from my day. Peanut has been figuring out the "sharing" thing and offers every one anything he has. Today he offered his cracker to Abbey the Pug, who felt like she had won the lottery, grabbed the cracker, and ran to her bed to eat it. Too funny! P looked completely confused, I don't think he will "share" with a pug again!

 

Page Proofs

I am on the short and sweet this week since my page proofs are here for book #2! I am snuggled up in yoga pants, with tea, in bed (it is the quietest place in the house) editing. Man oh mighty this is a lot of work. I started early last week and I am still not through everything.

Make sure to get your last entries in for my giveaway! I am doing my drawing tomorrow.

That's all I've got! Back to page proofs.

PS: Book #2 is due out this November.....more on that later!

 

Eastside Knitters Guild

Oh my good gracious, your circus knitting comments are a hoot! I have been laughing so much as they come in.

Just a quick note to say I am on my way out the door to speak at the Eastside Knitters Guild Event this evening in Bellevue, Wa. Come and stop by and say "hi" if you are in the area, I am going to be talking about how I got started monster knitting.

Make sure and get the last of those circus knitting comments in to get entered in my giveaway! I will be drawing a name Wednesday!

A Wool Dispensary Giveaway!

Guess what.......Sam at the Wool Dispensary sent me FIVE beautiful skeins of yarn to giveaway to a lucky reader! Thanks Sam!

This yarn bundle includes 2 fingering weights skeins: Base Premise #1 in The Flying Fishers and Base Premise #2 in Briar Rose. It also includes 1 aran weight skein: Imperial Poison in Ogre Bogies (Ogre Bogies!!!). And it rounds out with 2 worsted wight skeins: Greater Poison in Georgia Building Castles, and my favorite Greater Poison in Danse Du Ventre. It is a lovely mix to play with and I know it will knit up into a couple great monsters, or other projects!

Not only are the names of the yarn lines based on poisons (yes, that would be so you can "pick your poison) but the color names are a hoot, too. Most are based on the circus. I love a good sense of humor in yarn. And themes. And the circus. So, what is there not to love here? 

Plus, these colors are fantastic, I am totally lusting over this yarn right now and so excited to get to send some to one of you! Though they are all just lovely, my favorite is the Greater Poison because it is so soft and fluffy. And the Danse Du Ventre is and AMAZING pink. And you all know I love my pinks! I am going to have to dig through my favorites on Ravelry and pick a sweater to knit with Greater Poison for sure. Maybe I will do that now instead of working......

Alright, so go check out The Wool Dispensary blog and shop, and come back here to my blog and leave a comment about knitting at the circus. If you have never knit at the circus, then leave a comment about the closest circus-like environment you have knitted through. And if you have never knitted in anything close to a circus environment, then leave me a comment somehow relating the cirucs and knitting. I will be picking a winner by random-number next Wednesday May 23rd, so be sure to get your comment in by then!

 

 

Not Fair!

The deal I have made for myself recently for my knitting is one work project, then one "for me" project, which has been working out pretty well. So, I finished my Georgia today, all but the buttons (which I have picked from my button stash and am tracking down 5 more of) and now I have a giant pile of work sitting in front of me. But, you know what I am doing? Looking through all the amazing things I want to knit. There are so many great designers out there with so many amazing patterns! Instead of diving in to the pile of work, I am finding myself stalling and knitting a gauge swatch for my Storyteller Hoodie in Orchid Sweetgeorgia Worsted.....apparently all self-control is going straight out the window.

Darn you, all you amazing knitters with so many amazing things to knit! Don't you know I need to work?

Georgia On My Mind

I know, I know about the title, but I couldn't help it!

We had a lovely weekend, the weather has been just gorgeous the last week or so. I got lots of work in on my Georgia too, I am just on the sleeves at this point. Since I don't think I am going to have enough yarn for full length sleeves, I decided to knit them at the same time. Loving that! It was a great idea. Which is good, since it feels like most of my "genius" ideas don't turn out so genius in the end.

I know it is a little hard to see what is going on in the pic, but I am at the point in this project now where I am so close to being done I can taste it. This means that finishing these sleeves is the ONLY thing I can think about, I feel that I am shirking my responsibilities in other areas so that I can get more knitting in so I can be done!

That being said....can't type, gotta knit!