http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/index/ en tina@bluemoonfiberarts.com Copyright 2013 2013-02-28T22:30:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/rose_city_yarn_crawl/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/rose_city_yarn_crawl/#When:22:30:00Z I got back from Orcas on Sunday and all I can say is, it’s a good thing I unpacked and got all my ducks in a row Sunday night. Because come Monday morning it was, hit the dye barn running, and it hasn’t stopped all week. Paula has been out sick all week long with that super awful crud that is going around and around. So, Heather and I have been doing out best to fill her shoes, and yes, it takes two of us!  ( Feel better soon Paula!! please...) This is pretty exciting week for a couple of reasons, the biggest and brightest one is, that it’s the annual Rose City Yarn Crawl. Yay!!! All kinds of happy dancing in the streets of Portland this weekend. I’ve been cooking up all kinds of Blue Moon goodness with Twisted not the least of which is there RCYC shop colorway. I love working with Shannon and Emily and all of the wonderfully talented people they attract. It’s the best kind of fun. Wooly color fun. I wish you could have been in the back room with us when we named our colorway. Kat and I almost fell off our chairs when Shannon did here interpretive KaPOW PaTIna. I wish you could’ve heard her because it’s just the best. I have it recorded on my phone and am considering making it my ring tone. I’m sure if you are at the store in the next few days she’ll happily say it for you. (That sound you hear is Shannon kicking my ass all the way down Broadway.It’ll be worth it though.) oh yeah!  My color inspiration was the Sellwood Bridge which I admit was a little challenging. I’m pretty thrilled with the results though. I think it does the bridge justice. I hope you will be too! I think when they’ve done the rebuilding project on it we should yarn bomb it with our colorway. Twisted is chock full of all kinds of wonderful yarns. Knitted Wit has been dyeing and skeining her heart out for her wonderful sampling on Sunday and the ever lovely Jeannie Carver from Imperial Stock Ranch is going to be there on Friday with a trunk show and a wee little lamb. And that’s just a few of us. I will be there on Saturday from noon until 4:00 with all kinds of silk hanky tricks.Knitting ones and spinning ones!  Shannon has designed a lovely little kerchief pattern ( free) and I will show you how to coax the hankies into knit submission. Also...a whole bunch of Blue Moon’s bright new spring color line-up will be there, as a sneak peak, before they hit the website next week. Until then we decided to try something new. We’ are taking your wish list and putting it up almost in it’s entirety for a week. After a week some of them will come down to make room for the new ones. ( The color wall is only so big.) There are two colorways that we could not rustle the pics ip for and those are Two Can Rock and Pisgah. We’re sorry! We’ll work on them for next go around. If you do not see a fiber or yarn type offered in the colorway you want please do email us. Here is the list of the colorways from your wish list: Lunasea Peaseblossom bleeding hearts cobalt bloom hot sox spruced Pineapple Express Count Cluckula Calico Goody Goody Pink Granite Petunia Drucilla Pop Rocks Mango Tango Peek -a-Boo Peony Foo Foo A little Dab’ll Do Ya Azure Malachite Beached Carbon Dating Chickabiddy Cracked Canyon Easter Scramble Flourite Gibsom Guppy Hearthstone Hurdy Gurdy Iolite Lochness Minestone Queen Rock Quiet Riot Saratoga Sedona Spot Rock One The Claw Atomic #6 Typhoon Tina Sunnyside-up I do have pictures of the plying part of spinning from my week with Judith and a few other yarny tidbits but they’ll have to wait for next time. I will say that it was one of the best weeks I’ve had in a very long time. Reconnecting with the why and how this all started for me, the making of yarn, was rejuvenating.  I spun until it the fibers woke up in my bones, flowed through my veins and tickled my soul. A very good week. I hope to see you at Twisted this weekend. General News 2013-02-28T22:30:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/spinning_retreat/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/spinning_retreat/#When:04:47:00Z Day 1 of Spinning with Judith on Orcas Island. Spinning… Tomorrow I believe there will be plying! General News 2013-02-20T04:47:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/its_showtime/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/its_showtime/#When:03:48:00Z I’ve been trying to get a minute, to sit here and tell you all about our Madrona and Stitches West design line-up, our dye prep and the new blog we’re designing for days, but every single time a quiet moment presents itself and I settle myself down poof, moment’s vanished into thin air. Up in a foggy haze of; hey, the new dye is not the same as the last batch we ordered or the mill sent the wrong yarn or hey Debra’s got the flu or really just take your pick.  It’s the nature of the beast!  Today’s drama was that the server is turning itself off for no apparent reason. It’s working fine one minute and then all of a sudden of it goes.  I’m sure there is a logical reason for this but we could not find it. If my tech-brilliant son can’t find it then, it’s well hidden or ( and this one has my vote) just being difficult. Yup, just difficult. Actually, you know what I’ve noticed? Every single time I plan to leave here on a show or retreat the server acts up (out). It never fails. I’m starting to get a little creeped out by it.  It’s also seriously inconvenient and stressful. I feel that this has become a bit of a dysfunctional relationship that needs an intervention or maybe a back-up server to keep this one company. I don’t know. Anyway, I’m here now.  So...as usual I’ll be at Madrona and Debbi will be at Stitches West.  If you are in the area please do come by and say hi and see all the wonderful designs we’re lucky enough to have with us (and the yarn to knit them up with) this season. We have two fabulous pieces from the latest issue of the Twist Collective which uses our Seduction and Gaea Sport. Celestarium by Audrey Nicklin and Barnsley by Mari Chiba And...speaking of twists, we have a few shawls and cowls from our favorite PDX yarn store Twisted ( yeah I know, we most definitely have a twist problem!) designed by the owners Shannon and Emily. Shannon is one of the designers from this months sock club and Emily is the model of said design! Emily’s Cloudburst Cowl in LSS is delicious. I told Shannon today that it might just need to live with me for awhile. I think it’s only fair since it’s in Pond Scum. What was she thinking? We’ll also have with us a few of Veera’s brilliant Colour Affection Shawls, one in Seduction and one in Silkie along with Carol Feller’s RAVI in STR Mediumweight and Star Athen’a Sartorial Cowl in DeVine.  There is just so very much all wonderful designs and fun knits. We have a few designs from a new designer we are featuring Samantha Kirby. I promise, if you don’t already, you’ll love her work.  You’ll find a list below of some of these designs that we’ll not have hard copies of at either show. This way you can go straight to the designer and we can spread the love and save a few trees while we’re at it. There’s lots and lots of yarn and spinning fibers and brand spanking new colorways. There might even be some cashmere and silk yarn. And… there will most definitely be be an unveiling of a few new Blue Moon Sweaters. Here’s a teaser: Meet Ariadne by Karen Alfke. See… we have been very busy.  Debbi and I both look forward to seeing you all. I would love to write more but I have a teenager to get all packed and ready to go. It’s way easier to prep for a show then pack up a teenage girl! Happy Knitting! PS: New colors will be up on the website soon! Promise. Here’s that list I mentioned: Sartorial Cowl by Star Athena Celestarium by Amelia Lyon Barnsley by Mira Chiba Ravi by Carol Feller Sea Anenome Cowl by Shannon Squire Axis Mitts by Sam Roshak Colour Affection by Veera Valmaki Pretty Thing Cowl by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Mesh Leaf Cowl by Shannon Squire Leafy Greens by Shannon Squire Peregrine Shawlette by (You guessed it.) Shannon Squire Cloudburst Cowl by Emily Williams Necessary Vest by Samantha Kirby Emanating Sweater by Samantha Kirby Queen Bee by Mary Scott Huff Wild Hare by Mary Scott Huff Note:  Photo Credits to Jane Heller Photography for Celestarium and to Carrie Bostick Hoge for Barnsley General News 2013-02-12T03:48:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/the_colorways_they_are_a_changin/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/the_colorways_they_are_a_changin/#When:18:30:00Z In a, where the hell does the time go moment, I realized yesterday that it’s the middle-ish of January. So crazy how fast time moves. What this means for us is, it’s time to kiss some of these winter hues goodbye, (for now) and send them over the rainbow for a chroma-cation.  Hard working hues that they are, they deserve a wee rest, don’t ya think?  Also...we kind of need the room. The wall is seriously full right now of tonal choices and we need to make space for some new hues to join the merry band of colorways. Don’t tell them that I told you this but it also makes the barn ladies kind of cranky when there’s basically no room on the wall to hang the yarn. They have a point.  So here’s our list.  We’ll be taking them down from the website on January 22nd.  A Very Scummy Christmas Comfort and Joy Cookie Next Door Cornucopious Currier and Ives Dreidel Fall on Tap Festival of Lights Frosty Gail’s Autumn Joy Gingerbread Dude Gingerbread Dudette Black Magic Christmas Balls Crabby McCrabbypants Firebird Grinchy Heirloomed Hobgoblin Holiday Inn Holidazzle Hollyday Irish Girlie Green Jinglebell Rock Jonagold Kaw Kaw Koi Koi Lemongrass Marmalade Sky My Wild Irish Girlie Oaks Bottom Petroglyphs Philosophers Stone Pixie Puke Pussy Broadway Red Rock Canyon Rocky Horror Rocktober Rosanna Donna Sea Scum Run Seedy Weeds Stephen Philip Stink Eye Sugarplum Tangerine Dreams Typhoon Tina Vine Maple Witching Hour Xmas Rock Yuletide Zip-a-dee-doo-da As usual if you have any colorways that you’d like to see return, please post them in the comments section here, and we’ll do our best to accommodate. We’ve done a huge and I mean HUGE clean out and reorganization. It’s pretty great. Lots of room to move and work and all that stuff that accumulates has found new homes. We’re quite the giddy bunch these days with all the freedom this cleared space gives us. Big wide open door of possibility!! General News 2013-01-17T18:30:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/rockin_sock_club_2013_sign_ups/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/rockin_sock_club_2013_sign_ups/#When:17:27:00Z “And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” ~ Rainier Maria Rilke *************************************************************** Where anything is possible and the only limits are those we put on ourselves. Happy New Year All!! Today is January 4th, the Rockin’ Sock Club New Year, here at Blue Moon. Sign-ups start today at 11:00 AM Pacific time. 2013 is our 8th year and we’re as excited as if it were our first time around a sock (club). We’ve flung our creative doors wide open. The knit possibilities and imaginable hues whirling in are notoriously intoxicating! Want to be a Notorious Sock Knitter?  You can read more and register here. To all of our wonderfully Notorious Sock Knitters who are returning, Welcome! Hang on to your socks NSK’s we’re in a pot stirring mood. We’re going to honor the Rockin’ part of the sock club and ROCK this joint! As always if you need help please us at both Paula and I are sitting here waiting to help in anyway we can. (Also we have techies Matt and Jess as back-up!) Let’s cast the sock-a on! 2013-01-04T17:27:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/knews/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/knews/#When:18:11:00Z Our Mystery KAL with Star Athena’s last clue has been delivered and the cowl is out of the bag. Sartorial Cowl is now available as a whole pattern to knit as your heart desires, whenever the urge strikes. We predict some heavy knit heavy urges on this one. A great holiday, fun one skein quick cool knit using DeVine which is on special until the 15th. I love this cowl and yet, I’ve not cast on one myself. I know… don’t tell Star! It’s because every time I think I have the color I want and I feel firm in my decision I head to the barn. You know what’s in the barn right? I walk into the barn and all the skeins that you’ve ordered been are hanging to dry an boom! Totally tonally distractible me gets all verklempt by your choices. What’s a dyer to do? Maybe you guys should pick for me?! As promised the Rockin’ Sock Club Gift Certificate purchase buttons have been activated.  If the knitter you love has a thing for sock knitting then this is the gift that keeps on giving all year long. Exquisite deliciousness. One of our favorite designers Karen Alfke has designed a simply elegant scarf, Sea of Tranquility, in our sinfully soft and silky, Worthy.  The beauty of this scarf is in its simplicity, the perfect weight of warmth.  It’s a one skein scarf but you might as well get two because you are so going to want one for yourself! This Sea of Tranquility is exquisitely delicious. A Gift from us to ewe. We think our Silkie Socks that Rock knits up into really beautiful shawls, cowls and scarves. Holiday knitting includes a fair amount of scarf knitting.  In honor of the holiday scarf and, because we think everyone should have at least one Silkie scarf, we’re marking Silkie down just a wee bit. Until December 12th Silkie will be $20.00 instead of $24.00 a skein.  If you have a color work project in mind and would like help with color choices please do not hesitate to ask. It’s one of my favorite parts of my job. A good time knit Mitt. If you’d like a quick knit that’s a mitt and not a shawl,scarf or cowl Sam Roshak’s Axis Mitts are a favorite around here. I think we all have a pair. Interesting construction, fun to knit and the always fun addition of buttons. And these have buttons and no buttonholes!! You can get not one, or even two, but three pairs of mitts from one skein of our Twisted.  A veritable covey of partridges for your pear tree eh? Help Rebuild Judith’s Studio Today is the last day of the Auction to help rebuild Judith’s Studio.  A lot of really talented people have donated their time and energy to work on this project and other s have donated some really awesome things. So if you’ve not yet checked it out you should. I really wanted to donate to this in a way that was meaningful to me as Judith’s friend and as a student.  Judith MacKenzie is a stellar human being which is evident after seconds in her company. Who and what Judith is to our industry is priceless and precious. She’s a holder of an unbelievable amount of knowledge and expertise that she has spent a lifetime gathering, honing and then sharing with all of us. What she lost in the fire were the tools and treasures collected so far on this magnificent textile journey of hers, some of which are not replaceable. So, after a fair bit of thinking, I decided I should donate as much of me as I could for my friend. Which would be; time, attention and as much expertise as I have to offer. I ran it by Lisa and Judith who thought it a grand idea.  So...one of the things up for auction right now is a day here at Blue Moon with me and my team. You get my undivided color attention, I will share as much of my little color brain as you’d like. We’ll make the colors that are your hearts desire and play with dye and yarn and fiber all day long.  A private dye class. If this means something to you then you can donate here. It means a lot to me! PS: A round of thanks and knitterly applause for Lisa Kobeck, Natasha Puffer and everyone that has put their efforts to help Judith. General News 2012-12-03T18:11:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/dear_steven/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/dear_steven/#When:23:19:00Z Of course I saw your see your tweet request silly!  Yesterday was a perfect wintery day,clear and cold with just enough wind to keep things interesting. So… the girls ( and MacKenzie) and I went for a little walk. We took you with us in spirit, cause you’re kind of far away, you know? Of course we had to have a little snack first.  And a bit of a cleaning… And some of us are impatient and ready to roll. .... some of us are really, really special! Now we’re making time… off to the woods we go. Look dude… the new lovey dovey is the polar opposite of her mommy Ester. Of course we had to do some tree climbing. Although I have to say if you have wings it’s not really climbing. Just sayin’ And then there’s the, oh so fun, there is no chicken here camouflage game.  Some are better at it then others! It’s important to know your what your natural talents are. It was a lovely hour, all nice and peaceful, with a hint of silly that only a walk in the woods with a tribe of chickens can provide. Best stress relief ever. So there are your chickens pictures my friend.  Semester is almost over,you’re almost done. There is light at the end of that tunnel. General News 2012-11-28T23:19:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/giving_thanks/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/giving_thanks/#When:16:21:00Z Today is the official day (in the United States) set aside for taking a moment to count our blessings and feel thankful. It’s a day most of us spend time with our families and loved ones. Mine is still asleep as I write this. As soon as I am done, I’m going to make fresh pot of coffee and we’ll get on with our day together. I consider myself a very lucky woman. I’ve a roof over my head, food on the table, a job I love, I have knitters!, I have wonderful friends who love me and I them and a family I treasure.  One cannot really ask more than that. I feel gratitude for this life of mine in some way, every single day. It is my goal to live in way that expresses that gratitude in thought, word and deed. Sometimes I am successful, sometimes not. I’m most definitely a work in progress! One that even needs frogging every once in awhile. We call them do overs in my family. I just wanted to take a moment this morning, on this day of thankfulness, to say a huge heart spilling over thank you, to all of you knitters, spinners, crocheters,dyers, weavers… who have touched my life. You’ve enriched my world in ways I am keenly aware of and some I might never know. I want you to know that I feel so blessed by you and I am forever grateful and colorfully yours always! I leave you with two of my favorite quotes on gratitude: “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” - Thornton Wilder “ As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John F. Kennedy Have a loving day. Thank you! Tina General News 2012-11-22T16:21:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/spread_a_little_knit_joy/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/spread_a_little_knit_joy/#When:15:27:00Z Spreading a little knitting joy! One skein, one colorway, one stitch at a time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You know what that means? It’s the season of knitting! The season to brew a cup of something hot and soothing and curl up in your favorite spot with a sock, hat or scarf project… Along with old man winter comes the holidays and that sneaky time-sensitive holiday knitting. As we did with our Trick or Treat bags for Halloween, we’re celebrating the holiday season with our Winter Wonder Bags! Each bag contains four 210 yard skeins of Socks that Rock Mediumweight put together in wintery themes by yours truly for your color-work knitting pleasure. We have these bags specially priced until Monday, November 26th at $48.00 or… until we run out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Limited Time Special: De-Vine Yarn Our DeVine yarn is on special for holiday knitting. A big soft and bulky yarn that knits up quick and cozy.  Speaking of quick, we’ve two, fun and wonderful designs for our beloved DeVine. Shannon Squire’s Peregrine Shawlette and Star Athena’s Mystery Cowl KAL. As fun to knit as they are going to be to wear! Knitty Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Colorway As most of you know, this year marks Knitty’s 10th Anniversary. Amy and Jillian decided to commemorate the occasion, with what they do best, the paring of designers and dyers. I was honored to be asked by Amy to come up with a colorway that I felt translated what Knitty is to me. I designed a special Knitty’s Rainbow in honor of all the knitters, designers, yarn makers and dyers, color and texture that is so wonderfully held in Knitty’s embrace. I then dowsed it in the lovely brown Amy so loves. The talented and ever clever, Kirsten Kapur, took our rainbow to heart and created Fractured Light, a stunning mitten and hat duo in our Marine Silk Sport. A soft silky lighthearted knit celebration. Happy Anniversary Knitty! 2013 Rockin’ Sock Club The Rockin’ Sock Club is headed into its 8th year this January! Our heels are still turning and our gussets are, well… gusseting! We’re super excited to start our eighth year and have some excitement up our cuffs. You can read all about the who - what - when - where - and even the why - on the blog and RSC homepage. Gift certificates will be available to purchase for holiday gifting the week after Thanksgiving. Twist Collective Features The Twist Collective Winter issue is out and it is chock full of wonderful designs. Our yarn is featured in two of them. The first is Celestarium by Audry Nicklin, a stunningly magical circle shawl that is a constellation chart with Polaris, the North Star, as the center. It uses our Seduction in the colorway Haida and is all kinds of celestial goodness! Photo by Jane Heller, courtesy of Twist Collective. The second design is Barnsley by Mari Chiba, a cozy cardigan knit in one piece from the bottom up. It uses the new Sport weight of our Gaea yarnin the colorway Marina. Looks to be one of those fun about town sweaters. Photo by Carrie Bostick Hoge, courtesy of Twist Collective. Thanksgiving at Blue Moon The barn will be closed on the Thanksgiving weekend so we can all spend time with our families and friends. You can still order yarn and email us if you have any questions or need our attention. We are a lucky and thankful bunch of women here at Blue Moon. We are especially thankful for all of you our wonderful knitters! “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” - Thornton Wilder In gratitude, Team Blue Moon General News 2012-11-22T15:27:00-08:00 http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/so_many_goings_on/ http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/site/so_many_goings_on/#When:19:13:00Z I’m supposed to be putting together a newsletter. I was supposed to have it done yesterday. I’ve tried but there’s been a string of events that required attention and have left me feeling slightly lost. I’m also quite concerned, as most of us are, for everyone whose life was affected by Sandy, which makes it seem trivial to wax on about yarn, color and special holiday goings on. Then I remembered that knitting and color and creating for those we love is one of the parts of life that keeps us going through the hard stuff.  So I think I’ll just start here, talking with you, where I can think out loud about what we’re doing and then I’ll move onto planning the more formal newsletter. Firstly, to all of you working on recovery from this awful storm, our hearts go out to you. You’re all in our thoughts and prayers. Most of us here have friends and family scattered across the eastern seaboard, all of whom are fine, just working towards getting power and such. I am from the east coast, born and raised. I have vivid, scary, basement dwelling memories of storm season, nothing even close to this though. Please stay safe and know you are in our hearts and thoughts.  I hope all who can will consider a donation to the Red Cross for the recovery and relief effort. So what do we have going on here at Blue Moon where we do have power and… even though it is doing the usual almost winter Pacific Northwest rain thing, is not flooded?  We’re wrapping up the Trick or Treat Bags Special. We’ll be taking those off the website Monday morning soon to be replaced by some Wintery themed ones. I don’t know about you but we’re having a blast with these.  So if you have any ideas of Wintery or Holiday type themes you’d like to see, now is the moment to speak up. We already have a Cindy Lou Who one. See this? Isn’t it cute?  It’s one of a number of Hot Knits for the Holiday from Twisted here in Portland. Peregrine Shawlette designed by my good buddy Shannon Squire (Also the model, isn’t she adorable.) in our deliciously bulky, seriously soft, DeVine.  A crazy fun and quick knit that’s just as delightful to wear. It’s a one skein project that just might be a bit addictive. You know, kinda like a potato chip, you won’t be able to stop at just one. Which is fine because unlike the potato chip Peregrine is flattering! We’ve put Devine on special for the holiday season because of the Peregrine Shawlette and for a Mystery KAL we’re doing with Star Athena (more about this in a moment). If you’ve not knit with our Devine you are truly missing out. It’s a many plied cabled yarn made from a superfine Merino. It’s so soft and bouncy. It feels as good to knit as it does to wear which in our book makes a yarn a giver. You can purchase the pattern directly from Twisted on Rav and if you are local, Twisted has a great selection of DeVine on hand. Otherwise you can find find it here. Please remember that colorways are displayed in sock yarn and to see them click on the colorway search.  DeVine takes the dye exactly like Sock Yarn, so much so that one would think it is superwash. It is not. So… that Mystery Cowl KAL I mentioned, it starts next week with a twinkling goddess of a knitter Star Athena and we are super excited about it.  It’s a mystery, so you can’t see it until you’ve knit it.  While I get that is part of the fun, I can’t tell you how frustrating I’m finding it.  “Cowl” is cool. You really are going to want to knit this. I promise. Cross my heart and hope to… well, you know.  And the very best thing about it, at least in my book, it looks fabulous in multicolorways with contrast. The more color variation the better. Yay!! You can read more about the details on Star’s blog. Of course there’s a discount coupon (on top of the mark down) and… we’ve chosen 11 colors we think “Cowl" it looks fabulous in, that are pre-dyed in stock on the wall of color for your ordering convenience. You can order any color and we’ll dye it up but these 11 (see below) are already to go right this minute! COLORS: Tina’s Silver Lining Currier and Ives Frosty Hawthorne Just Jack A Very Scummy Christmas Dreidel Winterberries Hobbit Garden Carbon The Kracken We do hope you’ll join us for this. We understand that holiday deadline knitting is upon us, but we all have 15 to 20 minutes a day to just sit and knit for ourselves. The end product can be for someone you love and remember that includes you. Can you guess which one of those lovely hues I’m going to cast mine on in?  Can ya? ( I’m going to pretend I haven’t seen it. I’m really good at pretending.) Please check the website and blog often during this season for more fun happenings and specials.  Rockin’ Sock Club 2013 Information and the ability to purchase Gift Certificates will be live next week. It will be our 8th year. Can you believe it? Holiday ordering: Please remember we are a hands on kind of business, so plan to do your holiday shopping with us early to ensure you get what you need in time and so we have hands left. I think that covers it for now. Although, I am sure when Paula looks through it she’s going to find something I forgot to tell you. NOTE:  Anyone who would like to help our dear Judith recover from the fire that took her studio and all it housed, the wonderful Natasha Puffer, Andrea Eyre and Lisa Kobeck have worked with Judith to set up a website for donations and fund raising.  We as a community can support the treasure that Judith is by helping her rebuild. Rebuild Judith’s Studio General News 2012-11-01T19:13:00-08:00