#24 Snowball of Yarn

Post Holiday Check-In

Hey everyone, I hope everyone's holidays went well. I thought I'd give you all a little update on what's been going on here while I put the final touches on my next strip.

For Christmas I always knit for my cousins. I love to knit for them and they really appreciate the things I make. One of my cousins even opened my present first because she said she is always excited to see what I make for them. They are forever knit worthy. This years present was an original design. I made them all snowman ornaments.

    

 

        

I really enjoy the holidays and being with my family. I truly have an amazing family I love the time I get to spend with them.

Here is my mom and me with our chihuahuas Lucas and Takara on Christmas Eve.

This is Christmas Day with Me, my Grandma, my Step-mom, and my Dad.

The day after Christmas was Grandma's 90th birthday. So on the following Sunday we had a party for her. It was a very lovely day.

 

Here is a picture of me with some of my cousin at my grandma's party. I had to rock my Color Affection that day.

I also had a very exciting knitting related anniversary. This weekend marked my 1 year of working at Windy Knitty. What an amazing year it has been. I still can't believe how lucky I am being able to work in my favorite place on earth and get to see all my knitting friends more. I do however miss the wonderful people I used to work with at Applebee's but I'm excited by this new chapter in my life and the wonderful new people it has brought into it.

I believe that's all for now. Check back soon for more posts and until then happy knitting!

#23 North Pole Knitters

#22 Purling All the Way

Vouge Knitting Live Chicago/Yarn Barter

Vouge Knitting Live Chicago

Vouge Knitting Live was recently in Chicago. I was lucky enough to be able to work the Windy Knitty booth. I wanted to show you all some pics I took from the day.

 This is the special limited colorway Potter Palmer that Lorna's Laces made for our booth. It's so beautiful, I think they did a wonderful job creating this yarn.

 

Then I was able to get a few more people to hold my sock the first was Vickie Howell. She was very sweet to come over to our booth so I could get the picture with her. I also think you should all check out her charitable organization The Purple Stitch Project. It helps kids with seizure disorders. You should def check it out. I totally plan on designing a new toy for people to use for this charity.

I was also able to meet June Hemmons Hiat, author of The Principles of Knitting: Methods and Techniques of Hand Knitting. It was wonderful to meet her aswell and get her to hold my sock. If you haven't you should get a copy of her book.

In other news I recently started a yarn barter with a knitting friend of mine in the UK. Laura is a really nice person and we met when she commented on a project I posted on a Facebook page. Even though we've never meet in person I definitely enjoy having such a wonderful person as a friend. So I sent her a lovely skein of Fleur de Fiber a lovely hand dyer from here in Chicago who I'm also lucky enough to call my friend. Then I received this stunning yarn from Laura in the mail it is so perfect and my colors.

 

The yarn is from Countess Ablaze and omg did I drool over her etsy site after I got this yarn. So thank you so much Laura I just love it! I also think you should know that now only is Laura a fabulous knitter she is also has a fabulous blog you should check out. Laura's Blog-knitzors. I believe that is all for now. Happy knitting!

#21 Dashing Through the Yarn

#20 How to Knit for Your Dragon