I am sitting in my studio… looking out a beautifully sunny window. Tagging yarn, listening to Dave Matthews Band, and aching for Spring.

I am feverishly preparing for my classes in Winston-Salem, NC. I am so excited to get on the plane and travel somewhere new. I also have a secret… promise not to tell? I have never slept in a hotel room by myself. I am giddy beyond belief.

I have other secrets this fine Wednesday afternoon. I am working in partnership with some friends of the fiber persuasion to bring you some incredible happenings. Multiple happenings…. lots of plans here at the ol’studio.

So, today I leave you with a list of 10 Things that Make me Happy:

1. My husband.
2. My son.
3. YARN.
4. My friends.
5. Sunny, yet slightly chilly late winter days that are lightly scented with the promise of spring.
6. Creativity.. the possibility to create everyday.
7. My new Levenger planner.
8. Lists (checking off lists)
9. Dave Matthews, Natalie Merchant, REM and (JT)
10. Quiet

Be happy y’all. See you in North Carolina!

Have you heard????

There is going to be a Homespun Yarn Party on March 30th in Tacoma Park, MD!

Check out local yarn vendors, sit and knit, meet new people!

Who’s Gonna Be there??All your favorite local yarn dyers and spinners, plus some extra crafty goodness! And all our knitting/crocheting/spinning friends (you!) of course!! I will be there with yarny, fibery, and fun goodness!

Where: 7500 Maple Avenue | Takoma Park, MD | 20912 — Metro accessible, plenty of parking!

When: March 30, 2008 - 2 PM to 6 PM

Why: Who needs an excuse to get together and craft?! We wanted to get together and spread some fiber love! There will be vendors with lots of stuff (because really… WHEN do you get that many yarn folk together that are so talented?) and who needs an excuse to accumulate MORE STASH?!

Come one, come all!!!!

If you have ever met my boy, you would know a few things about him.

He is very, very energetic. He really does not stop moving (unless in front of the TV). He has a pretty vivid imagination and high level of creativity. He is extremely polite without prompting. He enjoys all manner of gross, fart-like, silly preschool antics and he makes friends really easily.
He has found a soulmate in Ms. Rosemary. He has found a “Fairy Godmother” in Ms. Rosemary’s mama, and I have started what looks like to be a long and wonderful friendship. Stay tuned…..

Sometimes, I figure that reinventing the wheel, or my wheel, is good.

I have tried all manner of figurative shapes of wheels… the square ones got me no where fast. The oval were quite bumpy, but moved faster. One wheel got me moving. I think two will be much faster than one. But a set of 4 white walls ( white-wall tires, they say look at me, here I am, love me….)

Damn… we will be moving!
Why all this talk of shapes and numbers on a foggy.. umm.. Thursday ( right… it’s already Thursday!) morning?

I have some stuff that I am working on. Great, cool, fun, and innovative stuff! The kind of stuff that makes my creativity surge and my brain throb with possibility. (When it is all said and done, the brain is my sexiest part!)

I am starting to form some partnerships with some folks that will really, really allow my fiber fantasies to take flight. Yeah us for being the freaks of the art world! (Umm… what do you do? Dye yarn? huh. Have fun with your crafting… snickers the painter that just moved out of the suite next to mine..)

So yup…. the meetings are happening. The plans are forming. The logos are in development (you gotta have a cool graphic, no?) And the time line is in development. Hopefully *crossing fingers* the launch of the project will be my first open house.. that YOU are all invited to!

Mama-E’s Pre-Maryland Sheep and Wool Open House/Partay!

OMG! I think that I should just home school the cowboy in the month of February!

Election day, President’s Day, the end of quarter professional days. This is a short month to start with! And… he is off next Friday!

Crazy, I tell ya.

More updates this week, new projects to show and a NEW YARN! Woot!

(if you would like the last 2 spots in the crazy 8’s club…go now. I will be capping the limit and it will be GONE GONE GONE!)

Want to try all different types of sock yarn? Want some sock, some lace, and/or some spinning fiber? This is your club!
You will receive 4 or 8 months of yarn and fiber based on your preferences starting in March!

You have 3 options:

Option 1: All sock: 4(8) shipments of sock yarn dyed in different styles and using different base fiber

Option 2: Sock and lace: A mix of 3(6) shipments of sock and 1 (2) shipment of lace yarn

Option 3: Call me crazy: A mix of sock, lace and spinning fiber

Option 4: Sock and Fiber: 2(4) shipments sock yarn and 2(4) shipments spinning fiber

The club is 80.00 with shipping for 4 months and 150.00 with shipping for 8 months!

There will be extras and fun stuff included in packages!

The number of memberships are VERY LIMITED!! Come get yours now!

There are only 4 left!!!! 2 left!!!!

ETA:

Wow! You guys are fast!!! There are a only few skeins left!!
I have been in destashing mode both personally and for the business… I have found so many single C*EYE*BER Fiber skeins that are sitting and needing good homes….

I have put them up in the warehouse at a VERY STEEP Discount as my end of the year organization begins… Most skeins that retail for 24.00 are selling for 14.00 to 16.00… there is spinning fiber, silk lace, sock and more!!

Enjoy!!

Wow… it is amazing how a day of hazy sleep on the couch and naps will put you on the mend. The family is better, the cowboy is returning to his normal atomic energy level (and is back in school…woot!)

I have some exciting news….

I will be teaching in North Carolina! Yup! Sammie Jo from Knit Picky is arranging an amazing weekend of classes with yours truly!

You can find all of the information right here. I am so excited!!! Call her today to register… spaces are limited and she has a special holiday discount for you all!

New review is up!

I am dyeing EVERY WAKING HOUR!

More when I can formulate a sentence!

In the studio… thank god the weather broke (again). We hit almost 90 here in Charm City. That, my friends, is Indian Summer. It sucks. I was knitting a Lopi sweater (and finished the knitting part!) on the playground at the cowboy’s school today. The moms all shook their heads. I knew knitting my sweater in public, in a heatwave, would cause the weather to break. They should thank me dammit!

A lot of dyeing is going in here at chez’ mama. I have oooodles to do and am getting ooooodles done. It was way to hot to come here during the day… so again it is a late night here.

Custom and preorders are done and drying… wholesale orders are drying too. Clubs on their way…. busy,busy, mama.
The Crazy 8’s Club has 4 TWO!!!- 4month spots available for the taking. Go get them.

If you order within the next 24hours I will knock 10% off the price. I will send a refund via paypal.
What else?
Patricia and I are scheming up ways that I can infuse my sparkling personality into the cruise long distance. We have good ideas! Stay tuned.

Thanks to everyone who has emailed and commented with words of support. Your understanding of my inability to cruise to Alaska is very kind.

I’ll leave you with a taste of said sweater in it’s final stages: