I just joined a group of people all over the world who participate in random acts of toyness by dropping handmade toys to be found by people all over the world. The Toy Society
I made my first drop at Northcross mall in Austin, TX near the skating rink.
Here’s a pic of the toy
I am so excited. A group of fellow Ravelers have started a competition over the next year based on Project Runway called Project Yarnway. Participants have to submit projects for 5 different challenges throughout the year to be eligible for the final challenge and we have our own Tim Gunn analog.
I just [...]
Thanks to everyone who purchased one of my patterns during the Help for Haiti Fundraiser on Ravelry. I donated a total of $25.00 to Doctors without Borders for their work in Haiti. The amazing thing to me is that the majority of the funds raised came from sales of my Labyrinth Shawl pattern [...]
My Labyrinth Shawl is now available as a Ravelry Download. If you would like to buy a hard copy of the pattern instead it is being distributed by Clever Yarn Imports (www.cleveryarn.com).
Reminiscent of a Labyrinth Maze, the Labyrinth Shawl is knit in one continuous piece joined as you go. Starting in the center and [...]
Just a quick announcement that my Love me Do socks are now available as a Ravelry download
Also through Feb 15, 2010 a portion of the proceeds of each of my for sale patterns will go to Doctors without Borders as part of the Ravelry Help for Haiti fundraiser.
In Honor of Lino and Maia’s (my 2 Maine Coons) 2nd birthday I will be donating $2.00 from each Cat Fish Combo Pattern Sold to Town Lake Animal Shelter. Town Lake is working hard to become an open acceptance no kill shelter and has drastically reduced its euthanasia rate in the last couple of years.
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Check it out! My Cat Fish Combo Pattern is now available as a Ravelry Download for $5.00 USD.
Here’s the blurb from Ravelry
A quick, fun and easy cat toy pattern, that can’t be resisted. A portion of each sale goes to Town Lake Animal Shelter in Austin, TX.
Techniques Used: knit, purl, knit 2 together, make 1, [...]
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lucy laundry
Originally uploaded by knitrn
This is my first baby, Lucy who died in February. Her Favorite place to sit was on a pile/stack of clean laundry. When the top was no longer clean due to cat hair, she would move on to the next stack of clean laundry.
As my dad would say I have been remiss in posting (he likes to use fancy words when simpler ones will do). But I have a good excuse. I have been getting my yarn stash entered in to Ravelry so I can access it while I am in school. After photographing and [...]