…or when it snows, in this case. Opportunities to work on the “Frosty Fun” Girl Scout badge are few down here in the South, so this week, we seized the moment. Here’s Em posing in her winter gear to show off what you should wear when it’s cold outside. Wendy from Alaska is no doubt laughing at our definition of “cold weather gear” but we’ll see who’s laughing when we’re out tailgating in cutoffs and t-shirts at Christmas. (I kid, Wendy!)
Here’s a closeup, just to prove that there is a child under all those layers. And yes, I did knit that scarf. It’s super easy and you can do it too.
The head honchos for this year’s Can’t Stop the Serenity are opening up the art contest voting to everyone, not just registered organizers. The submission were just too gorgeous to keep themselves.
If you’d like to vote for your favorite logo/t-shirt design, you can do so here. Only one vote per person should be possible, and the results are hidden until voting is over on March 12th, so as not to sway the results toward the most popular.
If you’re a Browncoat, go look – you’re going to be wearing one of these on a shirt soon, because I KNOW you’ll all be going to Can’t Stop The Serenity this year!
ETA: Like 90% of the people I’ve talked to, I voted for #3. Don’t let me sway you, though!
Innocent doorway.
Couldn’t possibly be trapped.
Foom! Guess I was wrong.
Quiet, still cavern.
Flaming screaming Dwarf runs past.
Must be Tuesday night.
I’m a week behind on D&D updates, but I haven’t forgotten. Thanks for your patience!
This installment of Avalanche of Awesome focuses on etsy seller Stitchado!
Read on, gentle netcrawler, to find out why!
Now that’s what I’m talking about.
February 27th, 2009
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Had coffee this morning with the lovely and charming Katie Bisbee, who is VP of East Region and Mobilization Marketing for Donors Choose. Basically she covers an area from Maine to SC, but since her home base is Charlotte, she thought she’d take some time with some local donors. Looks like a lot of coffee for Katie today, since she met with me at 8 and I know she’s meeting with my mom at 9:30. Pace yourself, Katie!
Hey, have I mentioned the Jayne hat Donors Choose challenge in the last five minutes? No? Well, consider it mentioned. The reading comprehension project for Em’s school only needs $210 now, so it’s very close to being fully funded. Yay! Maybe it’s time to do another Knitters Choose raffle. That raised a few hundred bucks last time and got some yarn out of my house at the same time. Everybody wins!
Sorry if I’m a little rambly – Julia’s Coffee gave me my Thin Mint Mocha in a mug this morning, and it was delicious. So delicious that I really wanted to finish it so I chugged about half of it before leaving. Now my brain is buzzing around like a hummingbird.
At right: gauge swatch in Noro Cash Iroha. I bought 14 balls of this silk, cashmere, and lambswool blend for $74 when The Sewing Bird closed its brick and mortar storefront in 2006. It was an amazing deal. However, if I never knit it up, then it’s not so much an amazing deal as it is $74 spent but never used. It was purchased for Joelle Hoverson’s Hourglass Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts and that’s just what it’s going to be. The desired gauge is 19 stitches and 28 rows over 4 inches on a suggested size 7 needle. I’m a loose knitter, so I used 6’s and got 18 stitches and 28 rows, so I’ll call that good enough.
This’ll be a nice project to work on when I need a break from Jayne hats. Customers, don’t fret – “Craziness prevention knitting” is built into the time estimate on each order. Believe me, it’s better for your order to take an extra day than for me to go bughouse and stop making the hats altogether.
Casting spoiler for Dollhouse.
February 26th, 2009
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Did one of you sign me up for a “bears” mailing list? And by bears I don’t mean grizzlies, I mean large hairy men.
I’ve been getting them once a month for several months and I’ve been afraid to de-subscribe up to now because I don’t want them to know it’s an actual valid e-mail address, but it’s coming with such regularity that I think maybe they really do think I’m interested.
I’ll say this – it’s a heck of a thing to see in your mailbox before morning coffee.
February 25th, 2009
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I am developing quite a backlog of awesomeness that needs to be posted. I think I may have to start a regular feature called “The Awesome People Around Me And The Awesome Things That They Awesomely Do.”
That may need tightening up.
