Archive for October, 2008

Official NaKniSweMo 2008 sweater is here!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

You saw it earlier here. Here’s the pattern page on Ravelry, and you can purchase it in my Ravelry store here.
(See thread in the discussion group here).
If you’re not on Ravelry — and for heaven’s sake, why not? — email me (admin @ this domain) and I will send you a PayPal invoice. [...]

Vote.

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

(photo by Kristi on Flickr here; chart by Laura of Picture Perfect Knits book fame)
The intarsia pattern is available for free on Laura’s knitblog here.
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Happy Halloween a day early

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

…an early wish so you can click over to The Black Apple here and print out some of these for your friends!

Cute overload!
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Oh, Oprah. You’re late on this one.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Oprah declares the Kindle her most favoritest thing ever. That’s, like, so August, Oprah.
(I kid, I kid! As long as she doesn’t start publishing knitting books and competing against me, I’m all in favor of her promoting my favorite gadget).
Although, Oprah, if you want to do Oprah Knits! you just call me, ‘k?
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Article in the local paper

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

…on my upcoming Lakewood Library appearance: Add Some Fiber to Your Life with Shannon Okey!
(is it just me, or does that sound like a commercial Wilford Brimley would be in?)
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Monkey see, monkey DIE!

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Yes, this post is about knitting.
I have been working on this new pattern for a lotus-shaped bag. When the first sample was knit up, inside out, I realized it looked like some horrifying giant squid or other denizen of the deep (or Cthulhu, for that matter). A normal person thinks this, then moves on. Me, [...]

Produce yarn AND electricity!

Monday, October 27th, 2008

I’m going to get one of these when I move to the middle of the Maine forest someday. (Hat tip to Kim for pointing this out)
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The big news

Monday, October 27th, 2008

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook or wherever, you may remember last week’s announcement about big news on the way…
And then I immediately had to declare I was not pregnant or getting married, because apparently those are the only big news worthy of such excitement, judging from the number of people texting and [...]

Felt School wrap-up

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

It’s all fun and games at Felt School until somebody loses an eye. Such as Nikol, for example. And yes, it was felted.
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The Official NaKniSweMo 2008 sweater

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

(cross-posted to this Ravelry group topic)
The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here…almost.
Here is a photo of the official NaKniSweMo 2008 sweater. The pattern will be coming out later today or tomorrow, and it will be for sale on Ravelry (look in my Rav pattern store), in the Knitgrrl pattern shop and inside this [...]

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