Happy Dance!

So very good news today! Vesper Sock Yarn, in the Strange Little Mama colorway, is going to be included in Debbie Stollers Stitch N Bitch 2008 Calendar. Yay yay yay!

From what I know, this calender is going to include lots of yarn from indy dyers, and patterns too. I think’s that’s a very cool thing. I’m very excited. Did you know? I am. I don’t know yet when it’s coming out, but I can’t wait.

I ordered a set of color cards from Beaverslide Dry Goods. I love wool and I love tweediness, and these yarns are incredible. If you have the least bit of interest in their yarns, go get the color cards! They’re less than 10 bucks, free shipping. Amazing I tell you! I’m partial to their fishermans wool, it’s soft and cushy and about Aran weight, and the colors are fantastic.

I’m still working away on my whiskey sweater. Though it’s not going quite as fast now. I’ve been up to my elbows in my dye pots all week long. I have a sleeve and a left front, and I’ve got just a couple of inches on the right front. I’ll show some photos has soon as I have both fronts blocking. The fairisle part of the front is awesome. I knit the first part of it in no time!

Also, I am planning a shop update for tomorrow, Thursday the 9th. It will be late in the afternoon, after 5 sometime. I haven’t tried to send out an email about it yet, so I don’t know if my mailing list is working or not, I really have no idea what happened the last time I used it. Anyways, I’ll post all the info here tomorrow.

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24 Responses to Happy Dance!

  1. carole says:

    Well, you know I’m excited, too!! I think it’s very cool!

  2. Adrian says:

    Oh, yay, my yarn is in it, too! Maybe we’ll be neighbors. 🙂

    I need to figure out something to make from Beaverslide McTaggart Tweeds. The feel of it kills me.

  3. Carole says:

    Congratulations on the calendar yarn!

  4. Very cool! Congrats! If anyone deserved it, it is you and your yarn.

  5. wow! That is so cool that your yarn is going to be in the calender! Love that colorway.

  6. keohinani says:

    woooo hoooo!!!! just that colorway?
    aww. my favorite ones are crew and knit and tonic. i *heart* green. 🙂 but that one’s good too. i haven’t seen verde in a while. or vine. or lady b. or, or, or….i’m hardcore. 😛 if i didn’t own it, i’d wonder if it was really just a figment of my imagination…congratulations, julia!!!

  7. gleek says:

    congrats! that’s great news 🙂

  8. Congratulations of the Calendar thing. I’m not surprised your yarn what chosen. You dye beautiful colorways.

  9. scout says:

    Hee! She e-mailed me your e-mail! Congrats!

  10. Jenn says:

    Congrats on the calendar! Any chances of a “peppermint” flavored yarn for the holidays? Perhaps some red, pink and white/cream? I’ve been dying for some and I love your big fat stripes! 🙂

  11. Betty says:

    Congratulations on getting into the calendar!

  12. Ella says:

    Congrats that is very exciting! I wonder which date you’ll get…

  13. regina says:

    Congrats on the calendar! That’s wonderful. BTW, i second Jenn’s request.

  14. emmy says:

    YAY!! A very deserving honor. I am excited for you as well. I will have to buy that calendar for sure.

  15. Naomi says:

    YES! I’m so happy for you!

  16. stinkerbell says:

    congratulations…
    now to hope that I (the expat living abroad) can one day get some (in that colourway and in Crew too 🙂

  17. stacey says:

    Congrats! That is so great! You and the other indie dyers who have made feet everwhere jump for joy are the best!

    So how soft is the Beaverslide? What would you compare it to? The color cards look incredible – so many colors I dont’ know if I could pick!

  18. Nanc says:

    Yay! That is awesome news about ‘Strange Little Mama’ and the calendar! Way to go!

  19. Isela says:

    Woohoo!! Awesome news. CONGRATS!!!

  20. Marisol says:

    Absolutely awesome news! I can’t wait to get my
    hands on one of those calendars:)

  21. Ruth says:

    Congrats! Now I’m off to order that color card.

  22. Dorothy B says:

    Congratulations on the inclusion to the new Stitch and Bitch calendar!

    Those yarn cards do look interesting.

  23. Arleta says:

    That’s so cool! I love the colors you made that yarn. Pretty!