Wednesday, August 26, 2009
So Much to Share!
2. You can now find Anzula yarn in two new shops. You could already get our yarn at Ancient Pathway in Fresno, Dulitz Tree Farm in Springville, and Janna's Needle Art in Fresno. Now you can also get our fibery goodness at Knitique in Elk Grove and The Knitting Room in Lodi. Exciting, right!
3. I am now a Thea. My little sister had a little girl last Wednesday. Meet Olivia Marie!
Isn't she beautiful! She decided to come a month and a half early. You wouldn't believe she is only 4 pounds and 6 ounces. But next to my sis, you realize just how tiny she is. I can't wait to meet her.
My sister was able to hold her for three hours here. I am so happy for her.
4. I have finished loading all of our sock yarn on Hyena Cart. I am really proud of this. I still need to get everything up on Etsy, but it's a start.
5. I realized something the other day when I got an email from Facebook. The email stated that Suzanne tagged a photo of me in her album. I clicked the link, and saw this:
I was confused for a minute. It is pretty obvious that I am not in this picture, but then I realized the yarn looked pretty familiar. It was Anzula superwash merino/cashmere/nylon sock yarn. That is when it dawned on me. We need an Anzula page on Facebook. So, here it is: The Anzula Facebook Group
The sweater is pretty awesome, Suzanne said it only took 1 skein of our sock yarn. Pretty cool! I think I need to make one now. Ya know, cause I'm a Thea and all. She made it in a weekend.
6. We are going to be at Lambtown USA this year. Lambtown is in Dixon, and is going to be October 3rd. If you have not heard of Lambtown go here.
You don't want to miss it. There is a sheep to shawl competition, lamb tasting, classes, lots of fiber & yarn, and lots of other really cool things going on.
7. I love dyeing yarn, but sometimes draw a blank when it comes to naming the skeins. I was talking about this on Twitter the other day and someone said they would like to help. So I posted pictures on Flickr.com & created a Name this Yarn set. This all got me thinking. What would be cooler than to have you be part of the creation of Anzula yarn. So from now on I will be posting new yarn here, and you will get to be part of the naming process. We still only dye small batches of generally non repeating colorways.
8. I am going to knit on my silk & linen lace shawl now. Happy Knitting!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Sock has Left the Building
So... wanna see what we all helped create?
We started out with a blank canvas,
and worked to create something beautiful.
After the booth was set up we went to a dinner hosted by Lantern Moon at the Kennedy School.
Wednesday we got up bright and early to go to a class taught by Barbara Walker.
After class I went back to the booth,
and waited for the Market to open. We had a crazy busy two hours, then went to the Opening Reception.
Friday morning I went to Cat Bordhi's class.
then talked in the Color Me Crazy booth. Sorry no pic.
Saturday morning I went to Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's class, again sorry no pic.
Then did a spinning demo.
Sunday morning I had a class with Nancy Bush. Who I have to say is the nicest, most humble, and incredible teacher.
Then after the market, went to the Luminary Panel.
Sorry about the grainy pics. I had to do some editing to get them to come out.
We went back to the market place after the Luminary Panel,
and were one of the last ones to break down.
One of the Canadian vendors & their crew helped us pack up the truck. Which was especially cool since we were short handed.
Now I am home again, and not quite sure what to do with myself. But it sure is nice to spend time with my hubby and animals. I'd like to say I don't have much to do, but that just isn't true. I have a full schedule of massages, am preparing to send out the Sock Summit special orders, and am meeting with LYSO to carry my yarn. Oh, and there is the constant updating of the Etsy & Hyena Cart shops. Yeah, not sure what to do with myself. Right...
*A special thank you to my husband Kiel, Diane, Susan, Wendy, Darin, Yelley & Wendi.
Friday, August 7, 2009
We have reached the Summit
Wednesday morning Susan & I started the day walking about 3 miles in search of Voodoo Donuts, which was only about a mile from where we were. Unfortunately we started walking the first mile in the wrong direction. Thankfully the weather here is beautiful, and after the long drive it was really nice to walk around.
After our second mile, we decided to check out the convention center. St-1 & St-2 were buzzing around, we introduced ourselves & Stephanie Pearl-McPhee showed us into the Market.
Once we made it to Voodoo Donuts we met up with Wendy and had a fab lunch, not at Voodoo Donuts. After lunch Wendy dropped us off at the convention center so we could set up the booth. The booth went up so fast, it helped that there were 4 wonderful volunteers. A little later I met Cat Bordhi and Silvia Sterling in the Sock Museum.
Then Wednesday evening Susan, Sue and I went to the Lantern Moon dinner. Regina was supposed to join us, but was still laid over in Salt Lake City. Thankfully she got a flight first thing the next morning & made it here safely. The Lantern Moon dinner was wonderful, there was great music, we met vendors from all over & I met Jess, Casey & Mary-Heather. The bus ride home (I always call the hotel I’m staying at home when I’m out of town) was hilarious. A bunch of knitters on a yellow school bus, reminded us all of school.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sock Summit Or Bust
Starting clockwise from the top we have aran weight superfine alpaca & merino, fingering weight silk & superwash merino knit & designed by Sue, sport weight yak & merino, dk weight corriedale, sport weight cashmere/superwash merino/nylon knit & designed by Regina, sport weight soybean & alpaca, fingering weight cashmere/superwash merino/nylon, fingering weight sea cell & superwash merino, and fingering weight camel & silk. All others were knit by me. The socks designed by Sue, Regina and the sea cell & silk one designed by me are all part of our Head Over Heels sock club. Sock Club memberships will be available at the Sock Summit. When you purchase your membership, you will get the two patterns that are already out to our current members and the advanced released kit that will get shipped out in September. Current members can also pick up their kit.
We will have lots of wonderful knit & crocheted samples. Amazing patterns by designers from all over the Central Valley.
The spectacular buttons by Victoria:
Fantastic stitch markers from Susan:
And of course the wonderful & amazing yarn by Anzula:
See you at the Summit!