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The CPSA Explore This!7 entries and winners are now online, here.



And the prospectus for the next International Exhibition is here. The deadline is March 31st! Not sure if I will enter this year, but we'll see.

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I just got myself caught up on what happened at the SCBWI Winter Conference, here, on the Official conference blog.
Fun reading!



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I decided to put my etsy knitting shop back up. I really felt like knitting last week, so thought well why the heck not. I decided to go whole hog and even made a Facebook page for it, and may have a blog too, we'll see. If you're interested, you may 'like' it in the widget box down on the left side of this page (the one in black). I don't want to clog up this blog or my other Facebook pages with knitting, since I know not everyone cares.

I may add some yarn drawings to it in addition to actual knitting. One of these days I will meld all of my 'selves' together into one cohesive artistic entity! Maybe.

For now it stocks pieces like this ~


That's all for today. I have to go brave the WIND and get the car smog checked. Life is fun.

Yesterday I started my Fall line for Tweedy Crab. My poor little shop on etsy has been empty for too long! The theme is going to be CABLES. Yes, they're fiddly to knit. But look at them! They're worth the bother. You really do have to concentrate though, I will say. No wandering thoughts, or you'll end up with bits crossed the wrong way and an ugly mess.

This is one repeat of this pattern. Multiply this by 12, and we'll have a scarf I think.
I have an idea for lining these scarves with wool or some other fabric, but am afraid it will make them cost prohibitive. Maybe I'll do a few and see what happens. I'm torn between wanting to do all 'high end' pieces, and doing pieces that regular people can afford. I'm afraid my tastes run to 'high end', but there's a good practical side of me as well, so I'll try to make them work together and hopefully will have something for everyone.


This is a new Debbie Mumm yarn that I couldn't pass up in the shop. Its acrylic and wool and wee bit of "other", which will remain a mystery I guess. It does have a bit of stretch to it, which I'm guessing is the mystery "other" ingredient. Its gradated, as you can see, and is wonderfully soft, and really yummy (or I wouldn't be bothering with it). I usually don't like yarns that are mostly acrylic, (translation = "cheap") like those "buy it by the pound" jumbo skeins ~ you know the ones I'm talking about. Euw, cooties. I only use better yarn that feels nice and looks expensive (and sometimes IS, very).

There was a cute little old lady in the shop while I was buying this. She had a bag with an almost-done sweater that she'd run out of the yarn for. She was trying to match it, and had a skein that was close but not it, and wondered if I could help her. I did, and she was lucky, we found the perfect match! She was so grateful and wanted to repay me, it was very sweet. I said just knowing she'd wouldn't be walking around in a sweater with mismatched yarns was payment enough, but no, she insisted on telling me a joke, if I'd like to hear it. So here goes:

Dolly Parton and Queen Elizabeth are at the Pearly Gates.
St. Peter greets them, and says "There's only room for one of you."
Dolly struts up to him with her famous chest stuck out.
Then Queen Elizabeth, who has brought her commode with her (?) sits, and flushes.
St. Peter says "OK Your Highness, you're in!"
Dolly protests, and he tells her "Sorry Dolly, but a Royal Flush always beats a Pair, no matter how big."

Its cuter told with a little old lady acting it out, but it made me laugh!