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Where have I been the last few days? Dealing with these!
Look! They're here!!!! and they look like books!
Further evidence that they are, indeed, books!
Here's where the work has been going on....
And further evidence that work was actually going on!
If you pre-ordered the book, your book will most likely ship out on Tuesday the 13th (Monday is a holiday). If you are an international buyer I will be contacting you today with your shipping invoice. Once that invoice is paid, your books will ship. If you won a copy of the book in the blog contest, or you were a test knitter or sample knitter, your books will probably ship out on the 20th (sorry about that, I have to go to Rhinebeck right in the middle of all this excitement!), possibly sooner, but I can't promise.
If you didn't pre-order or win a copy of the book, never fear, you can purchase them through your LYS, or online at a bookseller like Amazon
OK, book news is over, more autumn! I know, it's just what you've been waiting for... heheh
Hey! what's that?! It's a really cute bag I received in the mail from my good pal Una Walker over at Wooly Walkers. She is a fantastic felt and needlepunch artist and she combined both into this great bag that arrived just in time for me to sling it over my shoulder and sashay around the neighborhood snapping pictures of trees!
I hope your autumn is shaping up nicely, I'm a bit on the busy side - shipping etc. and just about to leave for NYS Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck! I've never been there, but I hear they have some really good leaves there. If you're going to be at Rhinebeck, Toni Neil at The Fold and the Dye Dreams booth will have signed copies of my book there.
And... I haven't been totally slacking in the knitting department, I do have some knitting to show you all but I'll save it for tomorrow.
And now tha the books have arrived, the blog contest has ended. Thanks to everyone who made comments, it's nice to know that people actually do read my blog. Just because the contest is over though, doesn't mean you have to stop commenting! It really makes my day to hear from you.
There are 3 patterns you haven't yet seen (I think, maybe it's only 2). I'm going to leave them as a surprise for when you see the book!
I know I still have some book prizes to award but it takes a while for me to go through all the comments. I'll try to award those in the next few days.
And now, it's back to the worktable, I've got a lot of books to ship!
The colors of Autumn are beginning to show, and it makes me so happy! I grew up in Southern California, where Autumn doesn't bring fiery leaves, but in fact hot dry wind and real fires and smoke! In So Cal, it has been argued, they don't even have seasons. And when you live in an urban environment, you don't find forest paths and pine needle carpets and woodland creatures. I can remember as a young girl, crying on Christmas day because it was too hot to wear a sweater. So now that I live in the Pacific Northwest, I am thrilled to actually have seasons, and these first markers of the changing season bring me so much joy. So, you may think Autumn is nothing special, but bear with me as I wax poetic over my Autumn colors...
Aren't they pretty?
I spent a bit of my day today cleaning this...
That's in preparation for the books which should be arriving soon! They will (briefly I hope!) live in the back left corner there, waiting to go out to everyone!
And then Mr. Bonnet and I took a nice walk with the dogs. Our neighborhood has lots of little woodsy paths like this where we can stroll along and enjoy the nature.
This path came out in a place we weren't expecting and we were slightly lost. So we walked over to look at the street sign to see where we were...
No wonder we were lost!
Luckily we found our way home.
(Oct 4) winner for either the Winter's Eve Mitten
or Mirror,Mirror pattern is Sandy!
(Oct 5) winner for either the Winter's Eve Mitten
or Mirror,Mirror pattern is Christina!
Winners: please email me directly to: JANELLAIDMAN at gmail D O T C O M (hopefully you figure this out - I'm trying to avoid spam), so that I can send you your pattern link.
Comment Contest Reminder - each day I'm giving away a downloadable version of the featured pattern. This week's featured pattern is Mirror, Mirror or Winter's Eve Mitten. Leave a comment and you'll be automatically entered for the random drawing. Winners are chosen by random number generator. Each Sunday I choose one person by random number to win a copy of the book when it comes out! So keep commenting to be entered for the drawing.
my other email is still broken - I'm working on fixing it. sigh...
The books are almost here, they are on a big truck rolling across America to me here in Oregon. I think they arrive on the 9th, so pre-orders will go out on the 13th (sorry the 12th is a holiday).
In the meantime, would you like to see another sock? I think there are 3 left that you haven't seen yet.
This one is another sideways construction - Pixie!
If you are good and kind, you may find a pixie has mended your pots, or swept your hearth, or tended your garden. If you are mean and small, however, you may find a pixie has passed by your house in search of a more deserving human. Here we offer two varieties of pixies, garden pixies and woodland pixies.
(Sep 28) winner for either the Winter's Eve Mitten
or Mirror,Mirror pattern is fibergal!
(Sep 29) winner for either the Winter's Eve Mitten
or Mirror,Mirror pattern is Nephele!
(Sep 30) winner for either the Winter's Eve Mitten
or Mirror,Mirror pattern is Jill B!
(Oct 1) winner for either the Winter's Eve Mitten
or Mirror,Mirror pattern is Terri!
(Oct 2) winner for either the Winter's Eve Mitten
or Mirror,Mirror pattern is Madonnaearth!
Winners: please email me directly to: MAIL AT JANELLAIDMAN D O T C O M (hopefully you figure this out - I'm trying to avoid spam), so that I can send you your pattern link.
Comment Contest Reminder - each day I'm giving away a downloadable version of the featured pattern. This week's featured pattern is Mirror, Mirror or Winter's Eve Mitten. Leave a comment and you'll be automatically entered for the random drawing. Winners are chosen by random number generator. Each Sunday I choose one person by random number to win a copy of the book when it comes out! So keep commenting to be entered for the drawing.
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