Survey Time!

I have a survey I would love for you to take part in. It's only 10 questions long so it's pretty quick. I would like to get the feed back to help me make some decisions about Knitted Wit's future. And your reward for helping me out? 40% off your next order! Thank you for your time, click HERE to take it!

I can't wait to share with you some new things, the feed back I'm already getting is so helpful!

Busy as a Bee

But who isn't right?! So I told you about some knits I'm working on. I managed to take pictures, shocking, I know! So there's the shawl. Really crummy picture, but you get the jist. All garter (with a couple of increases) all the time!

I'm knitting on short circs so I can't spread it out and see how big it is. I'm leaving the bright pink to orange. I think I told you that the batt is pretty amazing. I'm really bummed that the business is no longer on line. I've tried contacting the artist, I would love to own more! There might be a few for sale on ravelry, but I might beat you to them!

Another not amazing picture. The color isn't quite right, but you get the idea, it's beautiful!

I'm also test knitting a pattern for a designer that used my yarn!!! Super excited. I'm hoping to have kits ready at the beginning of February. Perfect for small people in your life. Speaking of February, if you are going to Stitches West you can find Knitted Wit at the PicoAccuardi Dyeworks booth! I wish I could make the journey, but can't be done this year with Owen. TNNA did us in for a little while :) Many thanks for PADyeworks getting my yarn into the world.

Which also reminds me! Did I tell you that Clever Knits in Vista California has Knots? They are carrying one ounce bumps of merino (knots), perfect for spinning, needle felting or knitting even!

These are the colors available this season.

Monarch Knitting and Quilts is also carrying Knitted Wit! Bling and Sock It To Me (50g of merino/nylon yarn) will be in their shop soon! Thanks for visiting this little corner of the world. Maybe we should have a little give away soon. I miss hearing from readers ; )

Keeping Busy

I got two new projects up and running. Both are social for you to participate in! You can go here and join the Ravelry group. And you can go here and Like my facebook page. There's a secret part of me that feels vain for starting these, I'm also really excited to promote Knitted Wit in these spaces. You'll find out about sales, shows, new colors, new stores carrying Knitted Wit and more!

I'm also keeping busy on my needles. I started a sweater with some PicoAccuardi yarn. It's beautiful! I'll try to get some pictures in the day time real soon. My mindless knitting is this shawl. I'm using hand spun yarn so I bumped my needles size up to 11. I'm sure it will be monsterous, but it'll be cozy. I don't know if I'll be keeping it yet. I keep thinking about that while I'm knitting. Does somebody in my life need this? Or a charity maybe? I don't have a picture of the progress, but here is what the batt looked like before I spun it up (it's the top right one, blurry picture!)

Here is the yarn (strange shot, I know). I took the batt apart and separated the colors so it's spun from light to dark. I'm knitting dark to light, so the bright yellow/white will be on my shoulders. Pictures of in progress will happen in day light!

I hope you can join the groups and follow along in the adventure!

Start of the Year and TNNA

So I'm blazing past the new year. I thought about doing a reflection post, but after the first I didn't really want to reflect on last year. It wasn't a great year for my family with the exception of o being born. And that didn't even go too smoothly! On to 2011, 01/11/11 to be exact!

Knitted Wit started the year off with a bang! Chrissy's pattern for Ladies That Lunch is fabulous, very fitting for us ladies to the town in. I've been stalking the Ravelry group to see some finished socks. I need to wind up my yarn and cast on!

Next for the start of the year was TNNA. What an amazing weekend. I got back late last night with o and promptly went to bed. o had different ideas, but we eventually got some sleep. We flew down with Debby and Stevanie and settled in Thursday. It was nice waking up there since we had so much to do Friday. Friday we set up the booth, sold knots at Sample It

and then attended the fashion show. Just before the fashion show Joel, from Lantern Moon asked if o would be okay with being in the fashion show. As long as he's fed that kid will go along with just about anything! So we got o all dressed up (and fed) and ready to make his entrance on the cat walk. o was the hit of the show!
(that's michele getting a better picture than me!) A major photo op! I only wished I would have put a sign on his butt to tell everyone where he would be and that I dyed yarn. Already o was getting some major love from everybody but after the fashion show people would holler his name across the hotel lobby! He was such a trooper and did great with all the attention.

Saturday the show opened and we were off and running. I can't believe all the people I met and saw walking the show, just amazing. Everybody was so friendly (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the cute baby attached to me!). I can't remember what night it was but we went to Lantern Moon's house (they stayed in house instead of a hotel, it was lovely!) for dinner. It was lovely to be with people that are like family to me in a relaxed setting. Sunday and Monday were more of the same, show all day long with a huge baby in a pack. o lasted the whole show with no melt downs, did a great job taking naps in his nest and was friendly to just about everybody.

We know o was charming enough on his own, but then Sarah went and made an amazing hat that worked perfectly with the booth! Many thanks to her beautiful work!

As far as business goes, you'll now find Knitted Wit in a few new shops in California! So excited to add a state to the roster. A sales rep will also be showing my line. Very excited about this! While I love showing what I do and talking about why I name colors the way I do, I can't get everywhere I want. I also connected with a few designers that will be using my yarn, very excited about this! I love collaborating with people. Creativity does not exist in a vacuum.

I'm also working on an idea for cross stitch project. If you know of anybody who designs sassy cross stitch pattern put them in touch with me.

I'm sure I've missed something from the trip, but that's what I can remember for now! I'll share more as it becomes public. I want to thank Debby and Stevanie for an amazing weekend and for helping with o. I wouldn't have been able to last the weekend with out them!

If you are posting a picture of o from TNNA, please let me know. I would love to give Sarah credit for the amazing hat and let people know what I do as well. Thank you.

Sale!

It's the end of the year, lets clean out the shop! 25% off the whole shop including clubs. Inventory25 is the code, go wild!!! I'll be headed to TNNA in less than two weeks. So excited. I have a few new colors to dye up, I've been busy scribbling with color crayons getting it just right. I have a few tricks up my sleeves, and they are deep sleeves. So excited to share soon.

I knitted up a bunch of gifts and forgot to take pictures! D'oh! I'll find some of the boys enjoying the tree for next time. For now shop the shop and make it so I don't have any yarn to count!

So I had a birthday and got a major new toy, an iphone! Really its for Knitted Wit but I do have a lot of fun using it! Wait, did I tell you about this already? Long story short, there are some really great apps for Knitted Wit. And I love taking pictures/videos of the kids. You might see a lot more of those around here!

We were folding laundry and o was pretty helpful. e was having a great time putting on a bunch of clothes!

So what have I been up to...getting ready for TNNA, tons of xmas knitting, growing boys, working at the j-o-b, and staying up way too late! Tis the season right? I have new colors coming for the spring to show at TNNA, lots of tropics! I did all the merino knots today and tried out a few new colors. The week after xmas I'm going to get into the nitty gritty of ten new color combos and 50G clubs. Pretty excited. I've been having fun with color crayons trying to work out the ideas.

Can I show you another picture of the family? It's been 30 seconds right?

E and e cooking. So sweet. E is way patient with e making a mess and helping. Not my best ability.

This next picture is one of my favorites!

This desk used to belong to my grandparents and some time around when I was 10 it showed up at our house. I've always wanted to have it but we don't have a lot of room in our house so I was thrilled when the dye works moved and there was a little home for it. I'm planning a few more touches for my corner, I'll make sure to post a picture when it's a little more together.

Last night we had an open house/holiday party, f-u-n! It's the perfect space for a party. Thank you to everybody who stopped by! Maybe we should do it again in March, a welcome to spring and all the new colors! But back to the current holiday for a minute. Do you have any family traditions you look forward to this time of year? My family has been thinking about this a lot and I would any ideas from you. What we've decided so far is new p.j.'s every year for the boys, along with a new book. I guess we haven't figured too much out yet! Thankfully they are still young. I feel like it's our last year to not be too serious about anything. e will be 3 1/2 next year and might know a little too much to not do anything!

Community Supported Knitting

So a little announcement! I told you that Chrissy is working on a book about indie dyers and sock patterns to go with the yarn. She also invented Community Supported Knitting where we joined a club and get patterns and then the book at the end. Ingenious! Well, I am the dyer for January! I'm so excited! The yarn is up now in the Shop, if you are part of the club there is a special discount code--don't forget to use it!

So the color way is Ladies that Lunch. I'm sure I've talked about this color. I made it up for Debby's Pre-Sock Summit Lunch (which is going to happen again this year!!). I was the dessert course, which was Tiramisu. Yum. So there's chocolate (brown), different berries (reds/pinks) and cream (white). Yum. I am so excited to see what the sock looks like!

Speaking of seeing the socks (the pattern isn't released to the club until January 1st), Chrissy is going to bring a sneak peak to the Holiday party at the new studio! You're invited! Details are here. I hope you can make it if you're in portland. I know this won't be the last event at the new studio so I would love for you to get to know it!

What else is going on...oh yeah! Sock Summit. I got a booth. Now to start dyeing! I also have a booth at Yvonne's new show. She even has the floor map up. Man that lady is good! We're already working on the lay out for the space. While I'm planning for all of these shows I always have in the back of my mind what o will be up to by then. e will most likely go up to Oma's for the weekend or a few days of the event. At Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival o will most likely be crawling if not walking. It's crazy to think of that! Only 5 months way from a toddler. Ca-razy! Did I tell you that he has tooth number 7 and 8. Yeah. He just turned 6 months old! And he's close to 23 pounds. I have my own little butter ball!

Well I don't think I have any pictures to show you. But I do have a little video I put up of e. It's pretty cute. He is not a nose picker in daily life but for some reason when he saw himself in the camera he went for it. I hope you like it!