Hooray!

Hi there! It's been a long time coming, but Sweet Pea Knits finally has a blog. Here you will find general musings about knitting (mine and others - I can't crank out all that much on my own!), notices about the upcoming events where I'll be taking my show out on the road, some free pattern postings to accompany some of the critters already in my collection, and a place to link to my email if you have any requests for or questions about the stuff you see.



Did you see the part in my profile about my new "real" job? Yes, I also work for Fur Yarn by Paula Lishman, and I am desperately in love with this unusual fibre (yes, it is real fur!) and want to share the love with knitters everywhere, so there will be some rather blatant cross-promotional activity going on here too. First off, check out their website http://furyarn.com/. I'll be authoring a newsletter for them as well, so feel free to subscribe if you want.



Also on the cross-promotional front, you can find me at the upcoming Toronto Downtown Knit Collective's Knitter's Frolic on Saturday April 26. Link to them here: http://downtownknitcollective.ca/. I'll have all the usual suspects in my animal pattern line and those cute knitting needles I had at Creativ Festival last fall (perhaps I'll post some pics of those later). I'll also have some Fur Yarn kits, yarn, catalogs and whatnot for you to peruse as well. I have to say, like most yarns, talking about it and actually touching it are two totally different things. And don't let the pricing fool you, this is definitely a yarn with loads of "knit-outside-the-box" potential and a little goes a long way.



Are you going to the Yarn Harlot's big new book launch in Toronto on April 1st (gee, I hope it's not a hoax!)? I'm planning on it, so look for me clicking away on some type of fur project. There's also a plan for a pub visit afterwards and I think I can sneak in a pint of cider before returning to the wilds of Ontario from whence I came. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, check with the Harlot herself: http://yarnharlot.ca/blog/.



Well, I think that's a fair start, don't you? Feel free to let me know. Look for more activity soon as I am planning on offering some free pattern posts to coincide with my appearance at the Frolic. And I know that knitters everywhere enjoy, nay, demand pictures of WIPs and the like, so I'll get right on that too......