Mail Goodies from My Seester!

Looky, looky:

Tiny giraffes!

My wonderful Seester sent me these great giraffe stitch markers in the mail this week! She had them specially made for me by weeones, who has great stuff in her store! If you haven't been there yet, you should totally go. She will even do custom stitch markers of your pets if you send her a photo! How great is that?!

Not only did I receive these super-cute giraffes, but I also received the summer issue of Creative Knitting! See, Seester and I decided that, since we lived so far away from each other but share some of the same interests, we would do a magazine swap! We each subscribe to one crafty magazine that the other would like to read; she subscribes to CK and I subscribe to Crochet! (I must say, I think she's getting the better end of the deal, this years' CK's haven't been very good.) Anyhoo, so we read the magazine, and put in all kinds of fun stickies about the things we find interesting, or hideous, and send it on to the other person! So far there has been more than once where the entertaining stickies have made up for the lack of interesting patterns, but I digress. Thanks, Seester, for these awesome goodies! : )

BTW, I know I haven't been around lately. I've been knitting like a crazy woman on a Marnie Maclean design for SDS, and I've also been just too afraid to venture into my husband's mountain of paper he calls an office to hunt for the laptop. Wish me luck on buying my own, soon!

Till next time,

Sarah

PS - As if weeones wasn't enough, here's another interesting store to stop by! I bought one of these a few days ago - cuteness!

Harry Potter...Lives? Dies?

Thought I'd post some photos of the big event:

Rita Skeeter, complete with Quick Quotes Quill. . .

Mad Eye Moody (This guy's costume was great!). . .

Bellatrix Lestrange (or, as she introduced herself, "Bellatrix Black." Hmmph.)

All in all, the party was fairly lame and unexciting, except for this group, who were all together. They also had Tonks with them, and a boy who wished to be identified only as "A Ravenclaw." Anyway, Becca and I had fun, see:

Battling the crowds as the clock strokes midnight

Okay, so maybe there weren't enough people to qualify as a "crowd." Maybe there were only about a hundred people at our chosen bookstore. Shoulda gone to Barnes & Noble. . .lesson learned. Ah, well.

Till next time,
Sarah

PS - The title of this post reflects the fact that I have not yet finished the book, so please do be kind and don't give anything away!

Tonight. . .

It's Lev-ee-OH-sah. . .not Lev-ee-oh-SAH. You're saying it WRONG.

A few speculations, because I can't resist (and it's no fun without them):

1. Fred and George Weasley will die

2. Dumbledore knew about Snape

Why not take a guess? Come on, you know you want to. . .

Llit txen emit,
Hermione

PS - More photos to come later!

Mystery Dress

What a work of art. . .

A thousand points to the person who can correctly guess what this piece is made out of. Or, you could just cheat and read about it here.

Till next time,
Sarah

Opportunities

You may have noticed my absence from this space during the previous month. Faced with finishing my Quilts for Campers project on time (thanks, Mom!), I've been a bit busy. However, there is one more excuse I have to offer: I've been swamped with knitting!

Malabrigo! Alltogether now, "Mal-ah-briiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-go....."

Watch the drool, ladies!

Laceweight Malabrigo for a beaded wrap!

Many people wish that their hobbies could pay for themselves; seemingly, few actually get the opportunity. In the last two months, I have been blessed beyond belief with some amazing opportunities! First, I decided to apply to become a Stunt Knitter for Stitch Diva Studios. While in my LYS to choose some yarn for the test swatch, I began chatting with the clerk about what the yarn was for; she seemed interested that I wanted to become a sample knitter, and mentioned that they were currently looking for a sample knitter themselves. Intruiged, I offered her my name, phone number and blog address, and also mentioned that I do my own design work, as well. I left the store encouraged, but not hopeful. After all, she'd never seen any of my work and (so I thought) was probably not the decision-maker, anyway. Wrong! Turns out she was the regional manager for the entire chain of stores, and two days later, called me up and said they wanted me to design some golf club covers for the shop. I was ecstatic! After delivering the first three covers, I was asked to do two more. . .since then, I've been asked to design two adult garments, a child's garment, a shawl, and five additional golf club covers! I am swimming in wonderful yarn and delighted that I have free reign to design whatever I like with very few guidelines! What an opportunity!!!!!

With that story told, I am excited to be able to share with you, at no cost, the designs I am working on for the store. At some point, I may chronicle the design process, from original sketch to finished project. A few of my patterns have already been made available, both here and on the Great Balls of Yarn website.

A gift from the owner of my LYS. . .what's inside?

FREE YARN!!!!!!!!!! Robin is the BEST LYS OWNER EVER!!!!

So you see, friends, I am still here, and still knitting! Now that my quilt project is over, I hope to be around more often. . .hopefully with many more yummy projects!

Till next time,

Sarah

PS - Oh, and the Stunt Knitting bit? Yeah, I got that, too. I've already finished 2 projects for Jennifer Hansen and am about to start 2 more, one for Ms. Hansen and one for Marnie MacLean. Whoo hoo!