Phew! I don’t know about you guys, but I had a great holiday, and I am also glad they are over. I hope all of you had a good one too. Brandt and I drove up to see the Fam in Michigan, another quick trip, just Tuesday to Friday. Holy cow did we ever have a white Christmas! 10″ of snow was already on the ground, and when we drove up Tuesday, we hit some seriously nasty winter weather about an hour from the house, that took 4HOURS to get through. Ugh.
Saturday, back in Pittsburgh, we enjoyed 68 degree weather. It was like spring, and I loved every second! Brandt got salty though, he likes the kind of winter snowed in weather we had in Michigan. He is CRAZY.
Enough of the weather though, I have news! If you picked up a copy of the new Knit.1, you might have noticed that my yarn, Vesper Sock Yarn, in “Muddy Waters” was featured in a products feature along with 9 other awesome indie dyers. I’ve known about this since August, but kept mum, in case, you know, they decided not to go with my yarn. I’m still jumping up and down about it! This part concerns you all, because I want to spread the happy. So. I’m having a little blog contest, just leave a comment, and this Friday I will randomly number generate a winner. The winner will receive a copy of the new Knit.1, AND a skein of Muddy Waters for their very own.
MORE news! I know that there are a few of you out there who are very excited about the next round of my Vesper Sock yarn club, and you are in luck. I have just now made renewals available, and they will be so until Wednesday at noon, after which new subscriptions will be available. REMEMBER though, this is just for RENWALS, non current member who try to sneak in will have their money refunded. I have to be mean about this, though I wish I could have yarn available to all, I am too tiny an operation to do this.
And one more bit- I am indeed organizing a Vesper Fiber Club, which will start in March, sign ups will be February. Stay tuned for more on that!
As much as I enjoyed the warm day… I am with Brant, I love a good snow-in this time of year. Congratulations on your yarn getting mentioned in Knit1! An honor which is well deserved.
Congrats on being in the magazine! And glad to hear you had a nice holiday!
Congrats, Julia!
Muddy Waters is my kind of color…without even looking, I know this is true!
Can’t wait to see it.
Judi
Congrats on your upcoming fame and fortune re Knit 1 appearance. And I too like getting snowed in – more time to knit!
Congrats on getting into Knit.1!
A fiber club as well? Woohoo! And congrats on the Knit 1. 🙂
PS- I love all the snow as well. As long as I don’t live in a city where there’s no where for it to go.
Congrats on the Knit 1. I noticed a heavy indie/blog focus in this issue, which was great to see!
Would love to have some of your beautiful yarn. Congratulations on some great publicity.
Congratulations! You deserve the attention. Also, I love your color names. I am currently making leg warmers out of “electric mayhem” which my kids recognized as a name of a muppet band. Keep up the good work! cheers, Maggie
Congratulations! It’s cool to see so many indie dyers getting attention.
Ooo Fiber club! Congrats on the write up. I’m with you about the lovely warm weather. It is wonderful and every winter can be like this. 😉
Congrats. I just got my copy of knit.1 last tuesday and was playing a guessing game with that picture. A fiber club would be very cool. Thanks for the heads up, I will start collecting my pennies now.
I am with you! I live in North Dakota and for the past 3 weekends we’ve had blizzards that dumped about 10″ here too. I’d much rather take the 68 degrees!
Congrats on the mag mention–it is well deserved!
Congrats on the mention! Well, that foot of snow has since disappeared here in Michigan and we had spring-like weather over the weekend. Crazy!
I saw that this morning!! Congrats! Your yarn is awesome, when I’m knitting with it I can’t seem to put it down. Watching the stripes appear is memorizing. And my vesper socks are my fav socks. 🙂
Its been crazy warm up here too! Crazy weather, crazy!
Congrats on getting into Knit.1! I seriously have to get myself a copy of that issue, because I keep hearing about more and more awesome things in it.
Would love to have some of the Self-striping colors in Variegated!!!!!!!!! They are beautiful!!
Congrats on the magazine article! I’ve yet to find a magazine.
Congrats on getting into the magazine. I’ve never read Knit.1. They don’t carry it in my bookstore, so I’d love to see one.
Congrats on getting published!!
Yea for being in Knit1! Muddy Waters is one of my favorite colorways:) Here’s hoping!
How exciting! I need to go pick up my copy! 🙂
I saw your yarn in that layout when I got the magazine last week. Congrats! If I win, you don’t have to send me the mag because I already have it!
Muddy Waters!! I’d love some- hope my number comes up 🙂
Congrats on the awesome press.
Congratulations! You do great work and deserve every bit of press you get!
YAY! Fiber club! I’m going to bury all my guys in it. 🙂
Hooray–congratulations on your feature!
Congrats on the mention in the magazine! I’ve been itching to get my hands on a copy, and I will be sure to scope you out. 🙂
Congrats! Well deserved!
Congrats! And that’s one of my favorite colors ever. We had crazy weather in Chicago too, 60 degrees and thunderstorms on Saturday plus lots of flooding as it melted the snow on the ground.
Congrats on the Knit1 article! Very exciting, and Muddy Waters is one of my favorite colorways of yours.
Hooray for you and getting into the mag! That’s wonderful news!
I too spent some nasty car time going to Michigan! They sure had a white Christmas! Am so happy for Vesper Yarn going NATIONAL! Good for you!
Congratulations, Julia! I just ordered a copy of the magazine today.
Congratulations on your yarn’s starring role in knit.1 – “Muddy Waters” caught my eye right away when I flipped through my copy earlier this month, but I’ve only just now found your blog through a link to your Chevron Love Hat pattern, for which I must thank you for sharing such a pretty, pretty design!
I believe I also saw a skein of Winter’s Passing in the latest issue of IK!
I’ve been trying to find a copy of the latest knit.1. no luck so far…but I’m going to keep looking!
Congratulations! I got the magazine and I think it’s great. But I would love to win Muddy Waters!
Congrats! That is very exciting news for you!
Well done! I’ve often picked up Knit1 at my newsagency but have never bought it. Maybe I will now!
Congratulations, Julia! Very exciting!
congrats! this is very exciting. you go, girl!
Congratulations! How exciting for you! And how exciting for me that you’ll be starting a fiber club!
Congrats on “muddy waters”!! How very exciting for you..way to keep a secret!
Congrats on the making the magazine with your yarn. You deserve every success with this!
Congrats on the mag appearance!Very nice. Wishing you all the best for 2009, looks like it will be a busy one for you and your yarn.:)
Congrats on featuring your yarn! Very cool, and good exposure!
Congratulations! That’s wonderful news! You’ve gotta love a yarn named “Muddy Waters.” I love your blog- keep up the great work!
That issue was such a great one to feature all you online rock stars!
Fab news! Congratulations, and Happy New Year!
Congratulations on your very richly deserved recognition in “Knit 1”. I am afraid this is going to make it even harder to score a skein of the gorgeous Vesper sock yarn. I am glad for you–sad for me. Enjoy your new year.
Congratulations on having your yarn shown in the magazine and Happy New Year from Sweden!