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I work in a freakin' sweatshop

I'm gonna complain to my boss. I work in a freakin' sweatshop. Buttons! Necklaces! Notecards! Faster! More! Oh Frederico!!! Uh wait a minute... oh that's right... that's the sound I hear from our neighbors downstairs... different subject. Anyway, I am my boss. I am the boss of me. I have a ton of crap to make before these 2 upcoming shows. Nevermind that I'd rather read a book or knit or go outside and enjoy this crisp almost winter-like weather. SCREW IT - I'm taking tomorrow off. Well not really but I will take most of tomorrow off. Right after I set up about 36 necklaces for my Husband/slave to work on Monday. Hey, at least I've got help!

Oh and check out the awesome Thanksgiving Turkey cake my Aunt brought to dinner - so cool!

Meet P1UON at 2 upcoming shows in NYC! Shop handmade!

Woohoo - we were accepted! Come visit us at the 2007 Bust Magazine Craftacular on December 8th in NYC!

And on December 4th we'll be at another show at the Carnegie textiles showroom in NYC.

give handmade gifts for the holidays

stitch-n-pitch hotter than hell but fun

...and we have a winner!

Whoopee! I won something in an online contest! No... not a bizillion pounds from the British lottery... but a real prize from a real person! I was checking out U-handblog and noticed that Lisa was having an Amy Butler Pattern Contest... so I submitted a picture of one of the bags I had made and I won a prize! I got to choose a new pattern - I chose the Frenchy Bag pattern.

Also I just ordered some amazing Alexander Girard / Donghia fabric the other day from Design Diva Fabrics... maybe I'll use it for the Frenchy bag! I tried to find a picture to post but I think it sold out b/c it was so amazing and deeply discounted.

In other news, I have really not been into the blog lately... I'm not the kind of person who just puts EVERYTHING out there on the blog... details of my worklife, homelife, etc... I don't think the 5 people out there who look at my blog are interested in every little thing about my life... Also since I got onto Ravelry, I've been posting my knitting stuff there, not here. I guess I could do both but it seems redundant... So Ravelry is a pretty cool site. If you haven't already put your name on the invite list, you should definitely do it now b/c it takes a  while to get in.

rockin on ravelry

YAY - I just got my invitation to ravelry! now maybe I can get my knitting organized... or maybe I'll just have another cool online site to poke around on... also finished my first jaywalker sock - lots of mistakes but the 2nd one will be just perfect I'm sure.

I am an Art Star! Visit me at the Bazaar!

Hooray! I've been accepted to be a vendor at the Art Star Craft Bazaar in Philadelphia!

We will be located at booth #63 on Germantown Avenue.

This year's event will take place June 2nd and 3rd along The Liberties Walk and Germantown Avenue. If you're in the area, or feel like taking a drive, please come visit me and Joel and support independent designers! I can't wait - it will be really fun.

And if that were not enough, I will be participating in a local NYC show on June 5th at the 3form NY showroom. The event will feature jewelry designs by seven local architects and designers. As soon as I have the save-the-date I'll send out a mini-P1UON-newsletter.

Oh yeah... I'm going to be published! I can't tell you exactly what the knit item is, or what knitting magazine it'll be in, but it's in the upcoming summer issue that goes on sale May 15th, and it's photographed on a background of lemons. I've got another secret knitting project that I'm submitting to the same magazine for an upcoming fall issue.

cookie in totoro hat

This is my friend Alicia's baby in the hat I gave for the baby shower. It's the "top down bonnet w/ anime character" pattern from Hello Yarn.

Her name is Ella but her nickname is "Cookie." She's super-cute and even has her own blog!

In other news, my favorite online consignment shop is closing. Tara is closing Plain Mabel after three and a half years. I so appreciate Tara's support and feel lucky to have had items in her shop for pretty much the whole time! Go check out Plain Mabel to see what's left in the big closing sale.

ADD Knitting and otherwise

I think I have ADD. There are so many things I want to be working on all at the same time. I have jewelry to make, new jewelry designs to work out, knitting to do for others, knitting to do for myself, I need to sew a duvet cover with that great fabric I got for free, read my nonfiction book, read my fiction book, oh and then there's always WORK... wah wah.

And it seems like it's taking an eternity to knit this wee baby sweater for my colleague. I am probably close to halfway done but it seems like it may never end. I guess I just have a short attention span. It's a super-cute easy pattern that was handed down through generations and shared with me by Lynn and Betty in my knitting group. Thanks ladies!

So anyway, on with the ADD. Tonight I decided I wanted to make a giant wooly warm hat like my friend Tanis has. So I dug through my stash and used my Lamb's Pride Burly Spun to make the Snowflake hat from Rowan's Big Easy book. My first fair isle project - not bad for a quickie eh?

I have a famous customer!

Check out the very clever mittens designed by one of my P1UON customers Subway Knitter! She created these mittens with a pocket to hold her Boston metrocard. These cards don't have to be swiped, they are waved in front of a sensor at the turnstile. Too bad we don't have a similar system here in NYC! Anyway, Subway Knitter is now famous as she's been featured in the Boston Globe! You go girl!