handmade by stefanie

I  know it's not knitting-related, but I'd like to update everyone on my band's Kickstarter project which is coming down to the wire - as I write this, we have 51 hours to reach our funding goal (we're just $243 away). You can get the details on my initial blog post or even on our Kickstarter project page , but the long and short of it is that we wanted to do a series of 7" vinyl singles with really cool hand-drawn art. Each single will feature cover art by a different artist (my husband Tyler, a few of our friends, and me) and, let's face it, vinyl is just awesome. We'll also be offering MP3 versions of the songs for our fans that don't own record players (or just want to listen to them on their iPod). The songs are already recorded, mixed and mastered - we just need to raise the funds to press them to vinyl and release them!  Click here to make your pledge if you need some new music to knit to, especially if you need to find that transcendent...

I realize I haven't posted much since the Tour de Fleece began.  It's been several days since I finished my Rhinofluff BFL roving with flying colors (no pun intended): Then I promptly started some natural dark brown BFL that I bought a few years back from Spunky Eclectic .  It's spinning like a dream, but I am so distracted by the WestKnits Mystery KAL , my socks in progress, and nearly-finished Color Affection that I am barely even a half-ounce in. On the plus side, I have been better about spinning every day, even if for a few minutes.  I'd like to think that this will stick, but I know that it hasn't in years past.  Maybe now that I work from home full time, things will change (she said, optimistically)> In other news, Tyler and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary (and 12 whopping years of being together in general) tonight at Revolution Brewing Company .  We were in luck tonight- there were tons of brews on tap!  I tried the Bastille Day ...