I Missed The Ground Hog
Yesterday was apparently the big day when a ground hog comes out of his den and tells us if there will be more winter or if winter is over. I missed the memo. I kept hearing Tweets about ground hogs and spring this and six more weeks of that before it dawned on me what the heck was going on! I guess giving up watching the news on TV has really started to pay off - I haven't a clue what is going on most of the time.
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However I was celebrating subconsciously when I was fooling around with my mail program settings (in preparation for taking a day off soon!) and with just one slip of the finger I accidentally sent out an "out of studio" reply to over 10k of my closest friends.
Dear person I may have emailed with over the last five years, I'm sorry that you just received eleventy-seven emails from me in the last ten minutes. Please stop calling my house, texting me, tweeting me and frantically answering every one of them with "this is from THREE years ago - what is WRONG with you?" and rest assured that it was not a virus. Unless by virus you mean one dude that totally just needs a day off. Happy Ground Hog Day.
Prototypes Arriving!
I received my first batch of prototypes for the The Crochet Dude line of products. Hooks that are powder coated in lovely shades of blue green that match my blog. I have this odd habit of matching everything to my blog. I have 2,000 yards of lace-weight alpaca that matches my blog. I have no clue what I'll ever do with that. Curtains perhaps? Knee socks to wear with my imaginary kilt?
Anywho...
The hooks look great and I sent my first official "approved for production" email to Boye this morning. Let the magic begin.
Speaking of Magic
Last week I went to the Craft and Hobby Association trade show where we launched the line of products. I can honestly say that that was the most fun I've had in public with people I had never met in a long time. There are photos. Dear Universe, please make those one photos disappear, you know the ones I'm talking about.
The show itself was a great success and i promise you dear crochetier, I did my very best to try and get the products in a store near you. As soon as I know where/when they will be available I will post it here. Stay tuned.
You can see some great blog posts from other participants here, here, here, and here where there is a pic of me on my throne. Seriously.
Swag All About It
I'm really supposed to writing the last few patterns for The Book right now. I have gathered all the necessary stuff to hunker down and git-r-dun. But then because the Murphey-Fu is strong today, line workers showed up to chainsaw the trees outside my studio window down the easement.
Hi guys, nice work, you're two years and a hurricane too late.
So instead of being able to concentrate on writing the patterns I turned my attention to something completely different. Coffee. And I finally started up my Swag Shop once more and added a few NWMC items:
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I can hard;y wait for the new hooks. I also love your Now Where is My Coffee line. Which kitty is that you are holding. Kitty does not look happy...lol.
Ccra
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We'd REALLY like to see a photo of the new crochet hooks along with info on what makes them so special!
Shape? Coating? Is the powder coating like that grey, smooth stuff they use on knitting needles and some other crochet hooks? If so, can you get a blue set or a green set? Or only a blue/green assortment? Do they have an ergonomic handle, like the Clover ones?
Tell us all about them.
I'm sure you must've had more input than "Yeah, that's nice, let's do it!"
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i don't received the pattern
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