Sunday Snapshot

Holla Knits Fall Launch

A very exciting day around these parts! It's the launch day of Holla Knits Fall/Winter!!!

I've been waiting for MONTHS to share my new pattern with you and today's the day. Hop on over to Holla Knits to peruse the whole collection. I'll have a collection review coming up soon as part of the blog tour.

Sept 10th: The Sweatshop of Love - entire collection & New Girl pattern giveaway
Sept 11th: I Knit 2 Purl 2 - Devon Cardigan pattern giveaway, and subscriber exclusive yarn giveaway
Sept 12th: Wooly Wonka Fiber - Devon Cardigan pattern giveaway, free shipping when you order a sweaters worth of yarn
Sept 13th: Stash, the Knit Picks Blog
Sept 14th: Knits in Class - Irish Cable Bomb pattern giveaway, subscriber exclusive discount
Sept 17th: The Owl and the Bee - Sexxxy Librarian pattern giveaway, and subscriber exclusive yarn giveaway
Sept 18th: Periwinkle Sheep - New Girl pattern giveaway, subscriber exclusive yarn giveaway
Sept 19th: Knitting Vortex - Jilted pattern giveaway, subscriber exclusive yarn giveaway
Sept 20th: Roman Hills - Jilted pattern giveaway, subscriber exclusive discount
Sept 21st: Under the Red Umbrella - Irish Cable Bomb pattern giveaway
Sept 24th: Springtree Road - Henri pattern giveaway, 2 skeins Praline DK giveaway
Sept 25th: Magical Grammar - Henri pattern giveaway, subscriber exclusive yarn giveaway
Sept 26th: Dirty Water Dyeworks - Sexxxy Librarian pattern giveaway, free shipping on all orders with coupon code 'Holla Knits'

Sunday Snapshot

Sunday Snapshot

The things we hold

  train tracks at dusk.

Each time I've thought about posting here and coming back after this long absence I've let something stop me. Sometimes it's been legitimate things (no, I really think you should be working at work) but more often then not, it's been fear.

We all have lots of fears in life, some valid, some not. But I found what I was most afraid of was the idea that I had to explain WHY I hadn't been here, or to some how justify my lapse in blogging. I was afriad that I had to start it on just the right note. No, I should start with a Sunday Snapshot. I should start with a new project. I should start with a recap. I should start from the beginning of it all.

and then I stopped and realized that this is MY blog. and I can do whatever the fuck I want. and that feels great to realize, and great to say. So often we (me?) get caught up in thinking what other people are perceiving instead of realizing that WE are the ones in charge. (and I'm convinced people are not paying as much attention to us as we think they must be) So, I'm doing it this way. Jumping in with both feet.

Things will also be changing and you'll see a lot of that around here in the next few months (my gut and calendar tell me) But I've got lots of projects that I've worked on and haven't shared here and lots of new things itching to get on my needles.

I'm headed up to Michigan this weekend to style a photo shoot, do a little amateur modeling and hang out with some babies and puppies (and lots of yarn!). So look forward to seeing some adorableness in the near future!

Babys and Puppies

It's pretty hard not to love baby animals of any kind but even HARDER not to when they have faces like these!!

A few weeks ago I flew the coop for Michigan. Favoring $11 pitchers of my favorite beer and some cute cute faces all around. The fact that everyone drives 70 in Michigan? Just icing on the cake.

It was great to relax and get out of the city and away from real life problems for awhile. There's nothing quite like sitting on the front porch of a log cabin and knitting your worries away.

and it's even better if it includes some great lady friends. 

possibly the best when you match without meaning to.

Interuptions

As you may have noticed, I haven't really been around recently. Lots of things have been happening in my life. Some of them, like my recent move - I've talked about here. Some of them are going to take longer to process. Needless to say, I've been having a rough time of it recently. It doesn't help that much of my life has looked like this:

It's been difficult to focus on the projects on my needles and get excited about much of anything these days. But I've slowly but surely been picking some projects up, and I've got some great ideas and plans for the future. So, as hard as it's been recently. I'm committed to making an effort to be here more. See you soon!