I'm getting in the "spirit" of the...uh...shopping season...with a Cyber Monday sale over at the wee shop. Use coupon code THANKYOUTURKEY to get 15% off your order! The code is good from now until I wake up Tuesday morning...so get yer shop on!
Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. Ours was a blast - good food, fun family and a baby full of pureed squash. Nothing better.
As you probably know, I am a big fan of sock knitting. Though I've fallen a little bit off the wagon since my Year of Socks ended, I have high hopes of starting a new pair very soon! Oh, how I hope... But anyway! Are you a sock knitter? Do you want to try your hand at designing? Do you have designs that have been lying dormant, begging to be published? Then you should definitely pop over and check out the Socks Revived Design Contest. All the rules and such are over there. There's a Ravelry group and a Flickr pool too for your fun and amusement.
Also - there will be prizes! Who doesn't love a good prize? I know I do. Take a peek at the contest page to see a whole list of what will be offered, but I'll tell you this - you could win some of my very own yarn! Yes, I am very happy to be a sponsor. There are a whole bunch of other really lovely sock yarns you could win too...so get designing! Entries will be taken from Monday, March 8th (that's tomorrow!) at 12PM until Monday, April 19th at 8PM EST. Good luck!
Nearly as soon as we arrived in Maine, we went for a weekend of camping and fair-going! We're just starting to feel settled in (for the moment!) so I will soon be updating you all on our adventures since the last time I checked in. (Has it really been a whole month? Wow!)
Hoards of crafters converged upon the museum for the CommuniCrafting event to celebrate the latest releases from Jenny Hart, of Sublime Stitching, and to try our hands at a number of different crafty pursuits. Folks from Austin Fiber Artists were there with needle-felting goodies, Leslie Bonell from Stitch Lab had some sewing-related fun, Rachel Hobson (Average Jane Crafter) showed me a thing or two about embroidery and Kathy Sever from Future Craft Collective had some delightful cut-outs of ponies and turtles that I forgot to sneak into my bag...
For a handful more photos from the event, take a peek at my Flickr set.
We went tasty touring to a few food trailers last weekend - check out Chris' Little Chicago for delectable dogs, Lulu B's for scrumptious Vietnamese sandwiches and Molly's Sno-Cups for sweet sno cones! In honor of WWKIP Day, my knitting accompanied me to all our destinations.
Don't forget to knit in public this weekend. (Or next!) Maybe some new yarn would inspire you? ;)
Austin has a really great food blogger community. Big thanks to The County Line on the Lake in Austin for hosting us. Great food, yummy wine and a gorgeous location!
For more of my photos from the evening, including a weiner dog ON A BOAT, see my Flickr set.
I only became aware of Earth Hour 2009 a few days before the actual event this year. (Though last year I didn't hear about it until after the fact, so I suppose a few days is better than nothing!) For those of you unfamiliar with the event, Earth Hour took place this past Saturday night at 8:30 PM local time. For an hour, beginning at 8:30, people around the world turned off their lights. Simple, right?
It's an initiative to bring attention to global warming. Without putting forth my own personal beliefs regarding global warming, I'll just say that I'm all about frugality. Why use unnecessary energy? Why use unnecessary anything? Having the lights off for that one hour reset my internal energy clock, I suppose you could say. I've noticed myself being more aware the past day or so when we have unneeded lights or other electrical appliances on. It saves energy, it saves money.
Jack's not quite sure about this whole candlelight business...
Personally, I loved having the lights off for an hour. I even did some knitting in the semi-dark! (Many candles shed a surprising amount of light...) It was cozy and intimate and comfortable. What about you? Did you participate in Earth Hour?
There's a Flickr pool set up over here so you can see photos from around the world.
Last night I was lucky enough to be invited to the Austin360 Food Blogger Bash co-sponsored by Whole Foods (seriously - did I really need to link that? Has anyone not heard of Whole Foods?) and Go Texan. (Big thanks to Addie Broyles!)
There is a very active food blogging community in Austin - Addie says there are 60-70 of us writing about our culinary adventures. Amazing! And we all keep at it just for the fun of it, for the most part. (Well, that and the promise of events like this. *wink wink*) The crowd was entertaining and vibrant and the food...amazing. I saw some old friends and met a host of new ones. It was good to chat with Jenna Noel, of Edible Austin, and Cathy Erway from Not Eating Out in New York. I glimpsed the gals behind Cupcakes Take the Cake and countless other bloggers, from here and away. It was really a pleasure being surrounded by people who are as equally passionate about food, especially local food, as I am. And for once, I didn't feel like a crazy person for getting down on my knees to get the perfect shot of a fork or some tomatoes.
Besides the amazing people, there was food. Oh, was there ever food! The edibles were spread throughout the culinary center and the patio area, leaving all of us food geeks plenty of space and light to take some delightful photos. Which, of course, we did...in spades. Despite my professed hatred of cold tomatoes, the tomato tatins were my favorite - "Sliced Texas hot house tomatoes atop country-style bread spread with fresh Texas basil pesto and drizzled with olive oil." The combination was amazing and I couldn't help but return for seconds. (And maybe thirds...and fourths...shh...)
In addition to pre-made food that tempted our tastebuds, there were cooking demonstrations by Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due and Tyson Cole from Uchi who cooked herb-stuffed flounder and grilled trout in crispy rice balls, respectively. What a treat!
I sincerely hope this will become a yearly event - it was a blast!
To see all my photos from the event, check out my Flickr set.
Saturday is my birthday! In honor of the splendid occasion, I am having a sale in my shop! To get 20% off anything, just put "BIRTHDAY31" in the notes to seller and I'll refund 20% of your purchase, not including shipping. Saturday only! Yay for birthdays!
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