And the winner is...

We are pleased to announce the winner of our Twitterific Sock Contest and recipient of a 09/10 Sock Club Membership is 3894! Congratulations Helen, enjoy a lovely year of socks.

Next on the agenda: New products! We have just received some lovely handpainted yarns from Schaefer and roving from Abstract Fiber that we just can't wait to share with everyone. Pictured left is Schaefer Helene, a beautiful 50% Merino, 50% Cultivated Silk blend. The colorway pictured is Gertrude Erdele. On the right we have Abstract Fiber's Alpaca Silk blend roving in colorway Chocolate Rainbow. I can't get over how gorgeous both of these are, I especially like how well they work next to each other. These are both available in the store and will be available on the web shortly!


Now onto my favorite new toy, we have recently received some of these absolutely beautiful Traveluxe clutches by Offhand Designs. They come in such gorgeous fabrics and they are perfectly (in my opinion) laid out to accomodate straight needles, DPNs, and circulars, PLUS they have a zippered notions pocket. I snatched up the one on the left and am completely obsessed with it. This is definitely made worse, of course, by the fact that it so conveniently fits in my purse.

an interior view:

We also got a few of the Offhand Designs handbags but unfortunately all but one were snagged before I could get pictures. The size of this bag makes it so functional: large enough to be a great project or an overnight bag, but still not too large to be an everyday bag.


So that is what is new with us, stay tuned next week for an update on Marjorie's Skif and some more customer and staff projects. Until then blogfans!

-Lindsay

I once had a day that lasted all week...

So very tired.
The day began a bit oddly because I was stuck in an elevator without cell reception for an hour with a man who was wearing a bike helmet and a gas mask... and clothes. I will at least give him the benefit of the doubt since he choose to wear clothing on our little "adventure".

The experience wasn't too traumatic. I was frustrated by the lack of access to the non-suspended in a box world, but remained calm due to heavy amounts of knitting (Schaefer's Susan -we love's it) and the comforting fact that my gas-masked and helmeted new boy-friend was wearing clothing and didn't seem to have a penchant for cabbage or lentils.

While he didn't talk much, or stare, or flirt lasciviously, or drool, he was still a bit much to take in without caffeine. Lookie.... or maybe not. I'll see if I can add a pic when I have more than one brain cell firing.


Anyway, I Kinneared him. I forgot to take off the "ka-chinka" noise the camera-phone makes and made the hasty decision to lie still like I was some dead woodland creature if the noise alerted him to my activities. I hear it works for bears.

Tomorrow, or rather later on today I'll tell you all about the fun we had at the Harlot's Book signing and the fools we made of ourselves there.