Jofrog is Knitfrog!
November 30 2007
I will be at a craft fair in Newton, MA tomorrow with Kaya's Kloset shoes (and Kaya too)!
If you are in the area we'd love to see you. Stop by to see Kaya before her big FIRST BIRTHDAY(!) on Tuesday.
Auburndale Community Nursery School
218 Walnut St
Newton MA 02460
The fair is from 10-2PM.
Leave a comment if you are going to stop by.Crafty Girl
November 27 2007
The day after Thanksgiving every year my mom and I take the train into NYC. We usually see a show (none this year due to the strike and the baby), go to a museum (the American Folk Art Museum this year), and check out some yarn stores. I'm not knitting as much as I used to (and therefore not blogging about the lack of knitting), but I still needed to go somewhere new... right? We've been all over in the past, but this year I wanted to go to Purl. Well, I really wanted to go to Purl Patchwork to pick up a signed copy of Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts, but I wasn't going to pass up the yarn store too! As everyone always says, it was a small store! Honestly though, I was ready for smaller because of what everyone always says about it. It is stocked to the brim with fabulous yarns though. When one goes to Purl, how can they leave without some Koigu? Well, I looked, and I picked mine, and then I put it back. Bad knitter! I'm just not knitting socks like I used to, and so I took my money a half a block west and ended up inside of Purl Patchwork. Ooooh, what a lovely store. Beautiful fabrics floor to ceiling. Samples from Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts. Fat quarters that were all too beautiful to choose from. ...and a nice woman working there too. It got a bit busy, and she was the only one there, but she took care of everyone in such a smooth fashion. It was great! I ended up with two fabrics for shoes and a crazy fabric for pants for Kaya! I just loved it. I couldn't leave it. It wouldn't have worked for shoes, so I'll have to figure out how to sew some pants for the spring! All of this made for a lovely fabric and yarn shopping experience, but what made it even better is that they made some room in the back of oh so small Purl for me to change Kaya's diaper. Neither store had enough room to change a baby. Both stores thought the other had more room, but they let me take up the two square feet of space in the back of Purl to change her and did it with such grace. Thank you Purl! Sew Nice!
November 14 2007
My wonderful friend Miranda, (of Rapid Duck fame), is having a baby in January. As part of her shower gift I knit her a few little friends for her little one.
Miranda used to do a lot of SCUBA diving and snorkeling, and loves all things fishy. What a better pattern for her!
The fish shrunk quite a bit. The first I felted in my washer at home, (with not so hot water, and me sitting right by it). The second I felted at in my mom's washer with much hotter water and me downstairs forgetting about it. The second one felted down quite a bit more than the first, but they are both great. I hope the baby loves to cuddle with them!
Blub Blub
I forgot to take a pic until after they were gifted, so this one will have to do.
November 3 2007
All of you local knitters and readers, come visit me tomorrow! I'll be at the Maynard Family Association Holiday Gift Boutique tomorrow at the Maynard Elk's Lodge. There will be 40 vendors there, including Kaya's Kloset! They are having a raffle, and door prizes too I think.
Knitting to come soon... I just bound off the back of a new sweater for Kaya, but pictures will have to wait. I have to go get packed for tomorrow!Come Visit Me!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
The Maynard Elks Lodge, 34 Powdermill Road, Maynard
1-5 pm
Start your holiday shopping
while helping to raise money for the
Maynard Family Association
If you come, be sure to stop by and say hi to me, Kaya, and Miranda Greenhalgh who will be there signing copies of her book Rapid Duck.
