http://craftygirly.com My Fiber Adventures! Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:22:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brr! Winter's chill is in the air even here in Atlanta, and that means getting out the warm toasty goodness of my fav pair of fingerless gloves. It also means its time to pay a visit to Jusshar Designs. This snuggly Etsy shop is brimful of hats, scarves, fingerless gloves, ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/12/08/shop-of-the-week-justshar-designs/ Exquisitely knitted creations take center stage in YarnCoture. The shop is filled with amazing pieces that will have you looking forward to weather cold enough to wear them! Owner Maryum Karim says, "I try to offer a wide variety of designs to appeal to a broad spectrum of buyers. I love ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/12/01/shop-of-the-week-yarn-coture/ Hopefully, pretty soon there will be some actual blogging and knitting content here! The semester is coming to an end. Actually, my last class is on the 30th, so stay tuned! http://craftygirly.com/2009/11/20/the-semester-is-coming-to-an-end/ So I'm browsing through my Twitter, when suddenly I see one that totally catches my eye. "Where are all the Harry Connick Jr Fans? http://bit.ly/10csTz Win his NEW CD! #vtechtoys #giveaway" Curiosity kicks in because, well, it's Harry Connick Jr.  Check the picture!  Dreamy to the max, no?  Anyways, so I go ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/09/30/harry-connick-jrs-new-cd-release-your-songs-and-win-one/ Without divulging any personal details, Miss Violet, aka Elli, of the famous Lime and Violet podcast, Happy Housewife Sundries, Oak River Township, and many more lovely yarny things really needs to escape her current living situation, and needs legal help to evacuate from her toxic marriage. As a way to thank ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/09/23/help-miss-violet-escape/ Help out a knitter and enter the raffle Miss Violet is having. All you need to do is donate $5 and you can win 2 skeins of Wollmeise! http://craftygirly.com/2009/09/23/wollmeise-for-5/ Sheridan Joslin, of JoslinJewels.etsy.com, creates, in her words, “fine wire wrapped and gemstone jewelry”. But if you take one look at her shop you can see that it involves so much more than that. Just saying “fine wire wrapped and gemstone jewelry” about her shop is like saying the sculpture ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/09/23/shop-of-the-week-joslin-jewels/ Check out the Treasury I'm in!  My yarn is the one on the top left, Summer Leaves, and I think that eiriene put in a lot of great looking yarn with this treasury.  Check out all these great yarns! I'm looking also to update the shop this weekend with two new ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/09/01/etsy-treasury/ 34-year-old artist Vickie Porter, owner of InMyHeadStudios, has a passion for paper. "I love everything about paper-the way it feels, the sounds it makes, the colors and textures. It has dimension, and I try to use that in my work." A self-professed perfectionist with an eye for detail, Vickie's exquisitely crafted ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/08/31/shop-of-the-week-in-my-head-studios/ I just got my blocking board in from Knit Picks (it's fabulous by the way; highly suggest it to anyone) and I now have Sleepy Monkey blocking.  Once I pinned it all down, the pattern and the colors really popped! Never mind the mess around it.  I have to do it ... http://craftygirly.com/2009/08/22/quick-hit/