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Petite Purls Summer 2011

Oh hai. It's been a while. I am here at TNNA this weekend, and Brandy and I just went live with our Summer 2011 issue today, together! Go check it out. It's awesome, if I may say so myself!

It's been a busy Spring. I plan to be back soon!

Winter 2010 Petite Purls

My eyes are about to fall out, my brain is fried, and I cannot write one more sentence. Our new Winter 2010 issue of Petite Purls must be up.......run don't walk.......go check it out!

Book Reviews

I just wrote an extensive post over on the Petite Purls blog about some amazing knitting books that have come out this fall. I'm not repeating the post over here :) Go check it out! Oh and there's a giveaway too.

A Good Day in Bullet Points

• Just wanted to drop in to say a quick hi! 
• Finally went back to work today, which was happily welcomed. I have to finally admit to myself that I do indeed love structure in my life. 
• GREAT things happening at Petite Purls Central. GREAT. you are in for some fabulous future issues!
• My daughter is rocking at school with her sound recognitions. I think we have an early reader on our hands (woo hoo! hallelujah! i was one too)
• My Boheme and Boheme*Mama patterns are doing really well
• I have a new logo in the works that I love! Jill Zielinski Designs (aka Knitterella) is doing it. Cannot wait to have it...and a blog makeover
• Waiting for some yarn to swatch and design two things by Oct 1. I'm nuts.
• Oh, it's my birthday week, so I had the house cleaned yesterday. So happy.

And how are you today?

Oh Hai....

Did I forget to mention that the new Petite Purls Fall 2010 "Back to School" issue is up? Yeah, sorry about that! It's a great issue and we just posted a great giveaway today on the blog, so go check it out!

 

Hello Summer

Happy First Birthday to Us!

Check out our new issue! A lot of great patterns and features.

Don't  miss our amazing giveaways!

Wow, bad blogger!

Let's not even discuss it, ok? I'm awake but I don't want to be. Satya woke up about an hour ago and I successfully got her back to sleep, but now my brain is going. So in Anna Maria Horner-style , I'm doing this post up bullet-point style. Not because I don't care, because my brain can't make anything flow.

• End of year with symphony, emotionally exhausting. Last concerts with Music Director. Will leave it at that.
• End of year at Satya's Waldorf school, emotionally exhausting. So happy about what school she will go to in the Fall for preschool (already?!?), but sad that she won't be with her friends or her wonderful teacher.
• Brandy and I went to TNNA last weekend. Do you know what that means? WE MET IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME!
• Very exciting, but not as emotional as I expected. I had envisioned tears, chariots of fire music in the background, etc., but we've gotten to know each other so well via email, gmail chat and phone, that it was like hey, what's up?
• Boy did we have a great time! We made Petite Purls project bags the first night; there was a Ravelry ice cream social; have you seen Ysolda's booth? Or Blue Sky Alpacas for that matter? Did Allegra take ANY pictures? What do you think?
• met absolutely amazing people, including: Kate Oates (TotToppers), Theresa Belville (Little Turtle Knits), Stefanie Japel, Olgajazzy, the Ravelry Team (all so very nice!), Nicky Epstein, Amy Butler, Bonne Marie Burns, Ysolda, Connie Chang Chinchio, Gudrun Johnston, Ysolda's awesome assistant Sarah, Melynda (French Press Knits),  Amy Singer, Jillian Moreno,  Joanna Johnson (run out RIGHT NOW and buy her book, Phoebe's Sweater. She published it herself and it's lovely. It's Satya's favorite book right now!), Robyn Chachula, Miriam Felton.
• Ok, that's not the whole list but my brain is foggy. I wish I had met Cookie A and Anne Hanson, but I guess I'll save those for next time.
• It's hard to choose a favorite moment from TNNA, but I have two (other than meeting Brandy) that really REALLY stick out:
• meeting and interviewing Debbie Bliss. Oh.My.God. Was a bit starstruck, but she was truly lovely and spent at least 45 minutes talking to us.  Really lovely.
• meeting and chatting with Teva Durham. Sadly no pic for proof! I have always loved Teva's designs, and her first book Loop-d-Loop was one of the first knitting books I ever bought. She was wonderful to talk to. We enjoyed tea and cupcakes together in Ysolda's booth on Sunday. (Yes, Ysolda had tea and cake every day during the conference. )
• Speaking of Ysolda, she was so lovely. This girl is so creative and talented and good at everything we saw. Her booth was amazing. I will try to link to a good photo.
• Oh and I got to spend time with Brandy's LG. Here's a picture of Stefanie Japel and me wearing babies!
• here's a not-half-bad pic of me
• Ravelry did this cool thing called Hello TNNA, where they tweeted about things they saw at TNNA. Here's ours
• Did I ever mention (probably not) that this TNNA trip was the first time I was ever away from Satya since she was born? It was hard, but we all survived.
• Now we're gearing up for Petite Purls Summer 2010 issue to go live on Monday. Like this Monday. It's a sweet issue, I think you'll really enjoy it.
• Things are crazy busy here and so to continue in regular fashion, posts will be sporadic. I will do the best I can. Am working on a new logo and hoping the blog will get  a makeover later this summer.
• Oh, I have finished my Adult Boheme. Re-release of pattern, plus this new adult version later this summer as well.
• It's not like I sit around and eat bon-bons all day. 
• Oh and my first submission to a book was accepted. 
• Leave me a comment and say hi!

Welcome Spring!

Have you seen it yet? Isn't it fabulous?

Check out the blog for some wonderful giveaways too!

I have basically two weeks of Spring Breaks starting this week, with just a little work here and there, so I plan to visit this space more often. 

Have lots of Spring Celebration crafting in mind. I'm hoping some of it actually happens!

Rhythm of the Home: Spring Edition

The newest edition of one of my favorite online magazines went live today. There are so many wonderful articles and projects for families that are inspired by Waldorf and Montessori philosophies. I have been making a list in my head of Spring crafts to do with Satya, and this newest edition of Rhythm pretty much takes me where I want to go!

Oh, and ahem, there's a little interview with Brandy and I about Petite Purls. Check it out.

My Little Ballerina

This is what has been filling my days lately :) Lots of good family time. I am busy knitting and actually have a major FO to show you. I hope to get my craft on big time next week (have the week off from the Symphony) and will hopefully get some pictures.

If you haven't yet, check out our new feature at Petite Purls. I think it's brilliant! And isn't Brandy's BG adorable?!